Ukraine LNG Terminal

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Ukraine LNG Terminal, also known as Odessa LNG and Black Sea LNG, is a cancelled (inferred 4 y) LNG import terminal in Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ukraine LNG Terminal	Yuzhnyi Port, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine	46.623611, 31.101111 (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
Ukraine LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	7.3 mtpa	7.3 mtpa	True	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Ukraine LNG Terminal	import	US$1,210,000,000	US$1,210,000,000

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
Ukraine LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	2012	–	–	–	2021 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Ukraine LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	Government of Ukraine [100%]	Government of Ukraine [100.0%]	–

Background

Ukraine LNG Terminal was a proposed floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) near Yuzhny Port in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.

The project was to be constructed in two phases. Phase one construction was to include the FSRU, with a capacity of 5 billion cubic meters per year. Phase two construction was to include a ground LNG terminal with a capacity of 5 billion cubic meters per year, bringing the facility total to 10 billion cubic meters per year. Three LNG storage tanks with a capacity of 180,000 m³ were also to be erected.

The project was launched in 2012, but was then suspended in 2013 due to a lack of sufficient investment. It was resumed in July 2017 after Frontera signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine's Naftogaz to begin construction.

The LNG terminal was considered strategically important for Ukraine, which imports a majority of its natural gas from Russia. Russian natural gas imports cost Ukraine $297 per 1,000 cubic meters. Russia refused to consider Ukraine's request to reduce the price to $240, prompting Ukraine to consider development of the LNG terminal.

There have been no development updates since 2017 and the project is presumed to be cancelled.

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