In LNG terminals, the race to fill gas stocks has finally begun

2023-04-22 08:55:18

Seen from the quay, it amply deserves its nickname of “giant of the seas”. Arrived the day before at the Fos-Cavaou LNG terminal (Bouches-du-Rhône), on the eastern tip of the Camargue, the building has extraordinary dimensions: 230 m long and 35 wide. “Do you find it imposing?, is almost surprised Thierry Labrousse, the site’s deputy director. It is however only a Medmax (pour Mediterranean maximum). With 75,000 m3 of capacity, it can certainly supply liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to a town like Saint-Nazaire or La Rochelle for a year. But there is bigger. »