Nimofast Antonina LNG Terminal
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Nimofast Antonina LNG Terminal is a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Brazil.
Location
The terminal is proposed to be located at the port of Antonina, Paraná state, Brazil.
Project details
- Operator: Nimofast[1][2]
- Owner: Nimofast (35%), non-Brazilian company to be named (65%)[1]
- Parent company: Nimofast (35%), non-Brazilian company to be named (65%)[1]
- Vessel:
- Vessel operator:
- Vessel owner:
- Vessel parent company:
- Location: Antonina, Paraná state, Brazil[1][2]
- Coordinates: -25.445703, -48.692089
- Capacity: 6 million m³ per day[1]
- Status: Proposed[1][2]
- Type: Import[1][2]
- Start year: 2025[1][2]
- Cost: 100 million USD[1]
- Financing: Non-Brazilian company to be named[1]
- FID status: Pre-FID (2023)[1][2]
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
In 2022, the Brazilian company Nimofast announced that it planned to develop Paraná state's first LNG import and regasification project, at the port of Antonina.[1] Nimofast reported that it had already identified partners for the project and hoped to make a final investment decision (FID) by 2023, with commercial operations to begin in 2025.[1][2]
As of July 2023, many details of the project remained unclear, but the proposed terminal was expected to include a floating storage unit (FSU) with a storage capacity of 180,000 m³, moored 4 kilometers offshore from Antonina. A pair of barges with capacities of 20,000 m³ each would transport LNG onshore, where it would initially be distributed by truck directly to industrial customers looking to move away from coal, diesel, LPG and fuel oil; in this scenario, regasification would take place at the receiving end.[1][3] In a later phase, plans called for the LNG to be regasified for distribution via the network of Paraná's state gas distributor, Compagas (Companhia Paranaense de Gás)[1][3] and possibly via TBS's GASBOL gas pipeline.[3] EPBR has reported that Nimofast's regasification facility would be at the port of Antonina, with a proposed regasification capacity of 6 million m³ per day[1], while Argus Media has stated that regasification could take place at Nimofast's distribution center in Araucaria, 100 kilometers inland.[3]
Nimofast's CEO Ramon Reis stated that the company had already confirmed its first major customer, the private gas distributor Migratio, as well as a dependable LNG supplier, whose name remained undisclosed due to reasons of confidentiality.[1] Nimofast was reportedly also investigating possible sales to Paraná's state gas distributor, Compagas (Companhia Paranaense de Gás).[1]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 "O plano da Nimofast para tirar do papel o 1º terminal de GNL do Paraná". EPBR. September 1, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Um giro pelos novos terminais de GNL do Brasil". EPBR. May 5, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Brazil's Nimofast advances small-scale LNG project". Argus News. September 27, 2022.