Gasunie Eyes Dutch LNG Import Capacity Expansion

Dutch system operator Gasunie is planning the addition of an LNG import terminal in the Netherlands but told Argus that "all options are still open", after members of the Dutch lower house reignited the debate about the expansion of import capacity last week.

• The quickest way of expanding the country's import capacity is through the addition of another floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), but all options are still being studied, Gasunie said.
• Dutch climate and energy minister Rob Jetten told members of the lower house that the government is looking at a "further expansion of LNG capacity in the Netherlands" and is in discussions with market parties interested in developing these import terminals.
• Gasunie already secured two FSRUs for the Eemshaven LNG terminal this year, which, together with an expansion at the existing Gate terminal, doubled the Netherlands' LNG import capacity to 24bn m³/yr.