Terminal Gás Sul FSRU
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Terminal Gás Sul FSRU, also known as Terminal Gás Sul, is an idled LNG import terminal in Brazil.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal Gás Sul FSRU | São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil[1][2] | -26.173843, -48.564278 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal Gás Sul FSRU | import[3][4][5] | idled[6] | 6 mtpa[7] | 6.0 mtpa | True | Norte Catarinense power station; United States[4][8][9] |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal Gás Sul FSRU | import[3][4][5] | – | – |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal Gás Sul FSRU | import[3][4][5] | idled[6] | – | 2021 (FID)[10] | 2021[11] | 2024[3][12][7][5] | 2025 (idled)[6] |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal Gás Sul FSRU | import[3][4][5] | idled[6] | New Fortress Energy Inc [100%][13][3][5] | New Fortress Energy Inc [100.0%] | New Fortress Energy[3][5] |
Table 6: Vessel ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Vessel | Vessel owners | Vessel operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal Gás Sul FSRU | import[3][4][5] | idled[6] | Energos Winter[7] | Energos[5] | Energos[5] |
Background
The Terminal Gás Sul project, located in the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil, was originally designed to include a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) with a regasification capacity of 15Mm3 per day (5.47 billion m3 per year) and a storage capacity of 160Mm3 of LNG. The proposed unit was to connect to the Gasbol gas pipeline via a 31km pipeline while also supplying gas to Engie's proposed Norte Catarinense power station[14] — a power plant whose originally licensed capacity of 600MW was set to potentially double to 1.2 GW in response to development of the TGS terminal.[15] Other proposed markets for gas imported through the terminal included Araucária power station in Paraná state, and gas distributors in Brazil's three southernmost states, including Paraná's Compagas, Santa Catarina's SCGás and Rio Grande do Sul's Sulgás.[16]
In April 2021, New Fortress Energy acquired the TGS terminal project from original owner Hygo Energy Transition (previously known as Golar Energy).[17][18] With the acquisition, New Fortress assumed ownership of additional Brazilian LNG assets, including the Sergipe FSRU terminal in Pernambuco state, which became Brazil's first privately owned LNG terminal when it was commissioned in 2020, and the proposed Celba LNG Terminal in Pará state.[19][20]
As of November 2020, Terminal Gás Sul had applied for all necessary licenses, with construction expected to begin in late 2021, and commercial operations to follow in 2022.[21] In December 2020, Santa Catarina's state government issued the required DUP (Declaration of Public Utility), clearing the way for a final installation license to be granted by Santa Catarina's state environmental authority, IMA-SC.[22] As of April 2021, construction of the terminal was only waiting on the installation license, with Santa Catarina's governor promising a speedy resolution.[23]
In November 2021, construction of the terminal began after Brazil's national petroleum agency ANP granted final approval to New Fortress Energy for the project.[24][25] In December 2021, Santa Catarina state's Secretary of Economic Development announced that the terminal would begin operating in April 2022.[26]
As of March 2022, construction was reportedly 60% complete, and the projected start-up date had been moved back to August 2022.[27]
In August 2022, with the terminal estimated to be 90% complete[28], New Fortress Energy (NFE) announced that commissioning had been delayed to 2023, raising concerns that spiking European demand provoked by the Russia-Ukraine war might be restricting LNG supply to NFE's Brazilian operations.[29]
In October 2022, BNAmericas reported that NFE was looking to sell off its Brazilian LNG projects (Terminal Gás Sul and Celba FSRU) to a new owner.[30]
In May 2023, New Fortress Energy confirmed that the terminal was still on track to begin commercial operations in late 2023[31], although a Q1 2023 investor presentation showed that the company expected no income from its Santa Catarina state operations until 2024.[32]
In March 2024, NFE announced that Terminal Gás Sul had begun commercial operations, with the 6 MTPA Energos Winter FSRU set to supply gas to TBG's Gasbol pipeline via a 33-kilometer, 20-inch connector.[33][34] NFE planned to sign a long-term charter with Energos for continued use of the Energos Winter, pending completion of the company's existing sub-charter with Petrobras.[34] The company reportedly anticipated that Brazil's next round of energy auctions, scheduled for December 2024[35], would award contracts to gas power plants in the area, bolstering industrial demand for the gas produced at the terminal.[36]
In July 2025, however, NFE said that had halted operations at the facility, sending the Energos Winter FSRU to Egypt under a five-year charter.[37] According to BNAmericas, "The decision was taken due to the uncertainty regarding the realization of the country's next backup capacity tender, which has not been rescheduled after the government canceled it." NFE said that the company would announce updated plans once a new tender was announced.[38] As of August 2025, the terminal was considered to be idled.
The terminal remained without a regasification vessel on site at least through May 2026.[39] However, NFE won a 15-year contract in Brazil's March 2026 LRCAP energy auction for its Lins 2 power station[40], which reportedly planned to source its gas from Terminal Gás Sul.[39][41] Shortly thereafter, NFE renewed TGS's LNG import license with Brazil's ANP[42], indicating plans to resume terminal operations in August 2026 or August 2027.[39] As of late August 2026, there was no indication that the terminal had returned to service, suggesting that recommissioning would likely be delayed until 2027.
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.offshore-energy.biz/with-fsru-on-site-brazilian-lng-terminal-put-into-operation/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/brazil-oil-and-gas.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/terminal-gas-sul-lng-project-brazil/.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://eixos.com.br/empresas/new-fortress-inaugura-tgs-em-santa-catarina-de-olho-em-termeletricas-e-industrias/.
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- ↑ "Engie dobrará capacidade de projeto de térmica para viabilizar terminal de GNL em SC". CanalEnergia. February 20, 2019.
- ↑ "Terminais de GNL no Brasil (pp 26-28)" (PDF). EPE (Empresa de Pesquisa Energética). October 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Terminal Gas Sul: Nossa origem". TGS website. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "New Fortress Energy acquires Hygo Energy and GMLP". Hydrocarbons Technology. April 16, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "New Fortress bursts into Brazil LNG with Golar buy". Argus Media. January 13, 2021.
- ↑ "Golar Power planning to build two other regasification terminals". Valor International. May 21, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Terminal Gás Sul (TGS) avança no cronograma em São Francisco do Sul (SC)". Jornal O Correio SC. 2020-11-16.
- ↑ "Governo assina Declaração de Utilidade Pública para a implantação do Terminal Gás Sul". FIESC. December 18, 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Governo do Estado se reúne com distribuidora de gás para dar continuidade a processo de instalação em SC". Governo do Estado de Santa Catarina. April 9, 2021.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Terminal Gás Sul começa a operar em abril, diz Buligon". FIESC. December 8, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Tenenge conclui cravação de estacas no Terminal Gás Sul". TN Petróleo. March 14, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "GIIGNL Annual Report 2023 (p 54)" (PDF). GIIGNL. July 13, 2023.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Q1 2023 Investor Presentation (p 6)". New Fortress Energy. May 2023.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Cardozo, Daniel (2024-09-15). "Calendário: os leilões do setor elétrico em 2024 e 2025". Eixos.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Ramalho, André (2024-03-04). "New Fortress inaugura TGS em SC de olho em termelétricas e indústrias". Eixos.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Sem LRCAP, New Fortress tira navio do terminal de GNL de SC". Eixos. 2025-07-24. Retrieved 2026-08-25.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ [atosoficiais.com.br/anp/autorizacao-n-256-2026 "AUTORIZAÇÃO SIM-ANP Nº 256, DE 20 DE MAIO DE 2026 - DOU DE 21-05-2026"]. ANP (Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis). 2026-05-20.
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