Huelva LNG Terminal
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Huelva LNG Terminal is an operating LNG import terminal in Spain.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Huelva LNG Terminal | Huelva, Andalusia, Spain[1] | 37.17355, -6.911 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the terminal:
Project Details
Table 2: Infrastructure details
| Name | Facility type | Status | Capacity | Total terminal capacity | Offshore | Associated infrastructure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huelva LNG Terminal | import[2] | operating[3] | 8.7 mtpa[2] | 8.7 mtpa | False | – |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huelva LNG Terminal | import[2] | – | – |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huelva LNG Terminal | import[2] | operating[3] | – | – | – | 1988[3] | – |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huelva LNG Terminal | import[2] | operating[3] | Enagás SA [100%][3][4] | Enagás SA [100.0%] | – |
Background
Huelva LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Andalusia, Spain.[5] It commenced operations in 1988.[6] Huelva LNG Terminal's facilities provide a storage capacity of 619,500 m3, can accommodate LNG carriers sized 29,500 m3 to 173,400 m3, and can load approximately 50 LNG trucks per day.[7] Between 1988 and 2013, 1,556 LNG carriers were downloaded and 173,000 LNG trucks and 189 LNG carriers were loaded.[7]
As of December 2018, the Huelva complex was one of Spain's three busiest LNG terminals, along with the Bilbao LNG Terminal and the Mugardos LNG Terminal.[8] The trend has continued, with Huelva operating at 38% of its capacity in 2019, ranking second only to Bilbao (76%).[9]
A multitruck-to-ship system is currently being added to the Huelva LNG terminal to facilitate bunkering operations through trucks in the port of Huelva. It is expected to be operational by summer 2021 with bunkering operations starting by the end of 2021.[10]
Opposition
Opposition groups have cited the low utilization rates among Spain's LNG terminals to call into question the necessity of such extensive LNG infrastructure. According to Food and Water Europe in 2019 (prior to the re-opening of El Musel LNG Terminal), "Since 2008, all LNG terminals (except for Mugardos) have been expanded and the total regasification capacity has increased by 8%, despite a decline in gas demand...even though the utilisation rate of Spain’s LNG regasification capacity was at only ~23% on average between January 2012 and March 2019, same as the low EU average during the same time period! The need to have so much LNG regasification capacity is questionable and best illustrated with the El Musel LNG Terminal (7bcm/y and a 300,000m³ storage capacity) which was completed in 2012 and then directly put into 'hibernation', 'until demand picks up'. The terminal has not been used since then. Despite large underutilization, Spain was the 5th biggest LNG importer with the 5th biggest liquefaction capacities worldwide in 2018, and for both cases number 1 in Europe (followed by France). Since at least 2016, Spain repeatedly imported cargoes of fracked US gas through its LNG terminals."[11]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B010'24.8%22N+6%C2%B054'39.6%22W/@37.17355,-6.9135749,920m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d37.17355!4d-6.911?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 (PDF) https://giignl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GIIGNL-2024-Annual-Report-1.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 (PDF) https://giignl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/GIIGNL2022_Annual_Report_May24.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.enagas.es/enagas/en/Transporte_de_gas/PlantasRegasificacion/PlantaHuelva.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Huelva LNG Terminal, GEO, accessed April 2017
- ↑ Enagás - Planta de Huelva ("Su construcción se inició en 1985 y la primera descarga de GNL en junio de 1988... La planta tiene cinco tanques y una capacidad de almacenamiento de 619.500 m3 de GNL"), AIQBE (Asociación de Industrias Químicas, Básicas y Energéticas de Huelva), accessed July 28, 2026.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Spain: Huelva LNG Terminal Celebrates 25th Anniversary, LNG World News, 28 Jun. 2013
- ↑ "La regasificadora de Sagunto alcanza un mínimo de utilización del 0% tras una inversión de 500 millones". El Diario. December 25, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "La terminal de GNL de Mugardos es la tercera más utilizada del sistema español en 2019 | Revista Ingeniería Naval". Sector Marítimo. January 17, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ GIIGNL. The LNG Industry: GIIGNL Annual Report 2021. Accessed July 28, 2026.
- ↑ Spain Food and Water Europe, accessed December 6, 2019
