Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan GRIP 2017

3.6.6.1 LNG Logistics

SUPPLY

DISTRIBUTION

END USER

Feeder ship

LNG carrier

Off-grid

Trucks

Customers

Logistics

FRSU

°C

Rails

Cold

Industry

LNG terminal

LNG barges

Figure 3.39: LNG logistics (Source: GAZ-SYSTEM)

Description of additional services that are under consideration:

\\ Truck/rail container. The project assumes installation of a truck loading station in order to provide LNG loading services to intermodal transport with the ISO system (20 ft, 40 ft) and specialised LNG railcar wagon. \\ Offgrid (satellite) plants contribute towards balancing peak demand and delivering LNG to areas that are not connected to a wider gas network. Such decentralised energy supply provides local authorities and municipal utilities with grid-independent district heating supply and ensures that industrial consumers with a high energy demand profile are provided with natural gas by independent suppliers. Typical solution consists of storage tank, vaporisers, system control and connection to the local grid. Storage tanks (vertical and horizontal), depending on customer needs, have the volume of 10–1,000m³ and the design pressure range of 8–17bar. Ambient air vaporisers do not need energy supply. Alterna- tively, they use steam or cogeneration plants and this solution consumes approx. 2% of the processed gas. A piping system interconnects the entire sys- tem. Most of the components are fully automatic or semi-automatic in order to deliver gas at the required pressure and temperature. \\ CNG/LNG refuelling stations. The main purpose of the project is to use the GAZ-SYSTEM infrastructure to create a network of CNG and LNG fuelling stations for road transport. Trucks and busses using mixed diesel and natural gas or fitted with converted fuel systems are able to tank fuel at local gas stations that are equipped with specific gas compressors designed to work with the pressure up to 25MPa. Input pressure at a gas station should not be lower than 3MPa and not exceed 8.4MPa. Water dew point should be at −25 °C. Before CNG is injected into a vehicle fuel tank the moisture and impurities are removed and natural gas is odorised.

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BEMIP Gas Regional Investment Plan 2017