The natural gas fed into the gas network by Saggas in 2009 can be used to supply over 5 million households
Valencia, 1 February 2010. For the first time since it came into commercial operation in April 2006, Saggas received 100 LNG carriers in a single year. Egypt, Algeria, Oman, Nigeria, Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago and Libya were the main countries of origin of these one hundred tankers docking at the Port of Sagunto. Among them was Al-Thumama, the first Q-Flex vessel of Qatari origin with an LNG capacity of up to 216,000m³. The energy facility’s receiving terminal is equipped to receive the largest LNG carriers of the world, known as Q-MAX vessels, which have the capacity to transport up to 260,000m³ of LNG.
During the 2009 financial year, the Sagunto regasification plant unloaded a total of 4,296,437 million tons of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG). This natural gas fed into the natural gas pipeline network by Saggas in 2009 can be used to supply over 5 million households. Over the past year, Saggas has maintained a high rate of production, with an average use factor of 62%. This positions it as the most efficient regasification plant in Spain in terms of percentage use of its installed capacity.
Saggas currently has the capacity to supply up to 23% of Spain’s demand for natural gas. In 2009, the Sagunto facility commissioned its third tank, bringing its LNG storage capacity up to 450,000m³ and its regasification capacity up to 1,000,000m³.
Saggas was the first regasification plant in Spain to receive the European Union’s EMAS certification in environmental management. The energy facility has also been awarded certifications by AENOR in quality management (ISO 9001), environmental management (ISO 14001) and occupational health and safety management (OHSAS 18001).
