• 27 Gen 2015

Qatar could help Italy build its second LNG terminal, Guido De Sanctis, Italian Ambassador to Doha was quoted as saying. “We have been trying to diversify our sources of energy since the 1950s. This is why in 2010 we started importing LNG from Qatar. The existing terminal in Italy, which has been built with financial support from Qatar, is almost running at full capacity. So we are looking forward to build another terminal to receive more LNG from Qatar,” The Peninsula newspaper on Tuesday quoted De Sanctis as saying. The new terminal could also help Qatar in catering to the whole of Europe, he added. The Adriatic LNG terminal, located offshore Porto Viro, in Porto Levante, is the world's first offshore gravity-based structure LNG regasification terminal. The terminal is operated by Qatar Terminal Ltd., a subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMobil Italiana Gas, and Edison SpA.

De Sanctis, however, said the proposed project has to go through many processes and challenges, including political, environmental and issues related to employment, the newspaper reported.

Source: Natural Gas Asia