ENTSOG South-North Corridor GRIP 2017 - Main Report

8.2.4 EXPANDING LNG TERMINALS IN MONTOIR AND FOS-SUR-MER

The expansion of the LNG terminals in Montoir and Fos is being considered. The LNG terminal in Montoir could be expanded from 10 to 12.5bcm by 2020–2022, requiring notably the reinforcement of the Maine pipeline and the reinforcement of compressor stations. The project is identified in the TYNDP 2017 as LNG-N-225 and TRA-N-258. The expansion of the LNG terminal Fos Cavaou from 8 to 16bcm would involve the reinforcement of the Rhône pipeline from south to north, including “Eridan” for 220km, “Arc Lyonnais” for 200km, the Beauce pipeline for 63km and additional compressor power. The project is identified in the TYNDP 2017 as LNG-N-227 and TRA-N-269. 8.2.5 ENSURING THE L-GAS CONVERSION PROCESS The decrease of L-gas supply by 2029 will require converting the L-gas consumers in France. In 2016, French infrastructure operators (Storengy, GRDF and GRTgaz) have submitted to Ministries a plan to convert the L-gas customers to H-gas in the North of France. GRTgaz will start works to prepare the transmission network to enable the first conversions of L-gas customers in selected cities as a testing phase between 2016 and 2020. The conversion will then be extended and performed from 2021 to 2029. This project is identified in the TYNDP 2017 as TRA-N-429.

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