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New terminals for which liquified natural gas in the port of Marseilles
Elengy and Fos Faster have decided to get ahead own projects in the basin of Fos
May 16, 2011
The Harbour Authority of Marseilles has announced that the French Elengy and Fos Faster have decided to get ahead own projects for new terminals for which liquified natural gas in the marseillaise harbour basin of Fos.
Elengy is the branch of the group GDF Suez that takes care of the management and the development of the terminals LNG of the group in France. Elengy in the harbour area of Fos work already the terminal Fos Cavaou that has an ability to annual traffic of 6,5 million tons and has entered in service last year. The terminal is managed through the controlled Société du Terminal Méthanier de Fos Cavaou (STMFC). Moreover in the industrial and harbour area of Fos the Elengy work from 1972 the terminal Fos Tonkin that has now decided to upgrade elevating of the ability from 4,3 million to 5,5 million tons within 2016.
Fos Faster is joint venture between the Vopak Dutch Holding LNG and the oil company Shell. The first phase of the new terminal of Fos Faster, that it will be the third terminal LNG of the French port, will be completed to end 2016 and will have a six ability million tons, with the possibility to elevate it to 12 million tons.
Last year the port of Marseilles Fos has enlivened altogether 55 million tons of hydrocarbons, of which 5,5 million tons of which liquified natural gas.
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