Itaqui FSRU

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Itaqui FSRU, also known as FSRU de Itaqui, is a shelved (inferred 2 y) LNG import terminal in Brazil.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Itaqui FSRU	Port of Itaqui, Maranhão, Brazil	-2.589554, -44.36869 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Itaqui FSRU	import	shelved (inferred 2 y)	5.64 mtpa	5.64 mtpa	True	Geramar III

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Itaqui FSRU	import	US$180,000,000 (1,000,000,000 BRL)	US$180,000,000

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Itaqui FSRU	import	shelved (inferred 2 y)	2021	2023 (Pre-FID)	–	–	2025 (shelved)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Itaqui FSRU	import	shelved (inferred 2 y)	Eneva [51%]; Servtec Energia [49%]	Eneva [51.0%]; Servtec Energia [49.0%]	–

Background

A July 2021 report from Brazil's energy research agency EPE listed the Itaqui FSRU under the name São Luis FSRU as a new LNG terminal project under consideration, separate from the Geramar FSRU and São Marcos Bay FSRU already proposed for the São Luis metropolitan area. The terminal, designed to serve industrial customers in the Port of Itaqui along with unspecified future gas-fired power plants, would comprise a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) connected to the mainland by a 6.4-kilometer, 20-inch pipeline. The report indicated that gas from the terminal could eventually feed into the proposed 282-kilometer Santo Antônio dos Lopes-São Luis Gas Pipeline to supply power plants in the interior of Maranhão state.

In November 2021, Brazilian energy giant Eneva signed a deal with the investment company Servtec Investimentos e Participações to jointly study the feasibility of constructing an LNG terminal at Itaqui port. A final investment decision was expected by December 2022. In a February 2022 presentation to investors, Eneva described its proposed LNG terminal as a R$ 1 billion project with a capacity of 21 MMm³ per day, which would connect to its Parnaiba power station via the proposed Santo Antônio dos Lopes-São Luis Gas Pipeline. Eneva's presentation stipulated a final investment decision date of 2022 or 2023.

In April 2023, Brazil's national ports authority approved a petition from Itaqui's port administrator EMAP (Empresa Maranhense de Administração Portuária) requesting the right to develop a new berth (Berço 94) capable of accommodating a 14 million m³/day FSRU. The new berth, together with pipelines and other associated infrastructure, was authorized to occupy an area of 28,000 m² within Itaqui's port zone. The decision cleared the way for EMAP to solicit bids from Eneva, Servtec and other companies interested in developing the Itaqui FSRU project. As of May 2023, EMAP declined to comment on its timeline for launching the bidding process.

A July 2024 report from Eneva included a list of "Additional Opportunities," detailing 3.3 GW of gas power plants still under consideration in the company's long-term pipeline. Included in this list was the proposed 1894 MW Geramar III power station, which Eneva linked to an LNG terminal in São Luis — presumably the same 14 MMm³/day FSRU previously mentioned by other sources.

However, as of September 2025, two years had passed without solid news of any new LNG terminal at the Port of Itaqui, and the project was presumed to be shelved.

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