FACTBOX-European LNG import projects

Nov 16 (Reuters) - Europe is gearing up for a big
increase in imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to provide
for new power stations and offset falling North Sea gas output.

LNG is gas cooled into liquid form for easy transport by
tanker. On arrival, it is reheated into gas and pumped into the
local pipeline network.

Here are details of liquefied natural gas import projects
being planned in the region. Capacity is in billions of cubic
metres a year. If it is an expansion that is planned, the
existing capacity is given in brackets.
PROJECT STAGE DEVELOPER CAPACITY START
BELGIUM
Zeebrugge Expansion Fluxys (4.5) 9.0 2007
BRITAIN
Dragon, Wales Construction Petroplus/BG 6.0 Q1 2008
South Hook, Wales Construction Exxon/Qatar 10.5 Q2 2008
Isle of Grain Expansion N Grid (4.9) 9.4 2008
Canvey Island Proposed Centrica 5.4 2010

NOTE - A plant at Teesside opened in February 2007 and one
on the Isle of Grain in 2005.
CROATIA
Krk island Planning E.ON-Adria LNG 10.0 end 2011
CYPRUS
Vailiko Planning Elec. Author. 1.0 2010
FRANCE
Fos-Cavaou Construction GDF/TOTAL 8.25 mid-2008
Antifer Planning Poweo 8.0 2011
Verdon Planning 4Gas/Endesa n/a 2011
Montoire Feasibility GDF 12.5 2011
Montoire Feasibility GDF 16.5 2014
Dunkirk Feasibility EDF 6.0 2011
GERMANY
Wilhelmshaven Planning E.ON-Ruhrgas 10.0 2010/11
Wilhelmshaven Planning RWE 5.25 2010
IRELAND
Shannon Proposed Shannon/Hess 3.9 2011
ITALY
Rovigo Construction Edison/Qatar 8.0 2008
Livorno Construction Endesa/Amga 4.0 end 2008
Trieste Permitting Endesa 8.0 n/a
Brindisi Permitting BG 8.0 n/a
Priolo Permitting Shell/ERG 8 -12 2011
Rosignano Permitting Edison/BP 8.0 2010/11
Taranto Permitting Gas Natural 8.0 n/a
Trieste Permitting Gas Natural 8.0 n/a
Porto Empedocle Permitting Enel 8.0 2011
Adriatic coast Planning Eni 8.0 n/a

NOTE - Eni owns Italy's only LNG terminal at Panigaglia,
central Italy, with 3.5 bcm capacity
NETHERLANDS
Rotterdam/Liongas Planning 4Gas 9.0 2010
Rotterdam/GATE Planning Gasunie/Vopak 8-12 2010
Groningen Planning Conoco/Essent 10-12 2012
POLAND
Baltic coast Feasibility PGNiG n/a n/a
SPAIN
Mugardos, Ferrol Testing Fenosa/Endesa 3.6 2007
El Musel, Gijon Planning Enagas 7.0 2010
Gran Canaria Planning n/a n/a 2009
Tenerife Planning n/a n/a 2010
Huelva Expansion Enagas (10.5) 11.8 2008
Barcelona Expansion Enagas (14.4) 16.1 2008
Cartagena Expansion Enagas (10.5) 11.8 2008
Sagunto Expansion Saggas (6.6) 8.7 2009

NOTE - Spain already has five operational plants -- the four
listed above as expanding, plus another in Bilbao. Portugal has
a plant at Sines.
TURKEY
Silivri Testing TPAO 1.6 Nov 07
Ceyhan Feasibility n/a n/a n/a

NOTE - Turkey also has a 6 bcm capacity LNG export plant at
Izmir, which has been operational since 2006 and is run by
Colakoglu.

SOURCE: Reuters correspondents and Wood Mackenzie.
(Reporting by Vera Eckert, Svetlana Kovalyova, Orhan Coskun,
Muriel Boselli, Daniel Fineren and others; editing by Anthony
Barker)