Finland Times

 

Finland's first LNG import terminal opening ceremony in Pori on Monday. Photo – Lehtikuva.

The country's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal was opened in Pori on Monday.

 

According to gas company Gasum, deliveries of LNG to customers also began on the same day.

 

The terminal enables LNG deliveries also to industrial, maritime and heavy-duty road transport customers outside the gas pipeline network and diversifies the Finnish energy market, said Gasum in a statement.

 

“The opening of the Pori LNG terminal will develop and diversify the Finnish energy market. The option of LNG deliveries outside the gas pipeline network lowers the threshold for the utilization of gas throughout the country,” said Chief Executive Officer of Gasum Johanna Lamminen, also board’s Chair of Skangas, a subsidiary of Gasum.

 

The terminal project has provided 320 full-time equivalents of employment and at best a total of 230 people work at the construction site at the same time.

 

The Gasum subsidiary and terminal operator Skangas supplied a total of 376,700 tonnes (5.2 TWh) of LNG in Finland, Sweden and Norway in 2015. 

 

In addition to the Pori terminal, Skangas has LNG production plants and terminals in Risavika, Norway, and Porvoo, Finland, and LNG terminals in Øra, Norway, and Lysekil, Sweden.

 

The project's total investment is over 80 million euros.