Energy, EU – Baltic States, Gas, Lithuania, Transport

The cargo which will be used for trials at the terminal was bought from the Norwegian company Statoil after assessment of 16 proposals from 9 different suppliers.

Statoil from the beginning of 2015 will be obliged to ensure a minimum required amount of LNG for the terminal – 540 million cubic metres a year. The price of the supplied gas will be calculated in accordance with the United Kingdom's National Balancing Point index, which currently fluctuates from LTL 900 (EUR 261) to LTL 1,000 (EUR 290) for a cubic metre of natural gas.

The vessel Independence is 294 metres in length, 46 metres in width and 47 metres in height. Her speed is 18 knots. A total of 25,000 tonnes of steel were used for her construction. The vessel has 4 LNG storage tanks of a total capacity of 170,000 cubic metres.