INITIAL CONSTRUCTION PHASE

The building work began on the Sagunto Regasification Plant in 2003 and has required an investment of 340 million euros. The building work has taken 3 years and has involved more than 4,000 workers.

The construction of the infrastructure was undertaken by a U.T.E, formed by the companies ACS Servicios, Comunicaciones y Energía S.L., Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A., TOYO KANETSU K.K., DYWIDAG International, GMBH and OSAKA GAS ENGINEERING.CO; LTD.

The tanks, the quay and the processing zone are the most representative parts of the plant.

Saggas put the third liquid natural gas (LNG) storage tank into operation on the 9th of June 2009. The incorporation of the new tank into the national gas system completed the first phase of expansion of the regasification plant, which also envisaged the construction of a fifth vaporizer, nowadays already it is in march. Construction data:

• Concrete: 16.600 m3
• Steel plating: 3.500 t
• Framework: 3.400 t
• Number of persons who worked on the expansion: 1.500 personas.

II EXPANSION

In line with the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism’s 2008-2016 plan for the electricity and gas sectors, SAGGAS launched its fourth liquid natural gas (LNG) storage tank into commercial operation on 1 December 2011.

Construction data:

• Concrete: 16,144 m³.
• Steel plate: 1,976 t 9% nickel alloy.
• 976 t carbon steel.
• Framework: 3,143 t.
• Cryogenic framework: 893 t.
• People involved in the extension: 1,924 people worked on the construction, investing a sum total of 749,210 worked hours from the project’s conception to its launch into service on 1 December.

Extension of docking bay.

The entry into service of new methane tankers with greater transport capacities has lead to SAGGAS to make alterations to its unloading bay. Said tankers can reach capacities of 220,000 m³ (Q-FLEX) and 260,000 m³ (Q-MAX).

Works to adapt the SAGGAS LNG Terminal in Sagunto to the berthing requirements of Q-MAX tankers, as well as to optimise terminal operations, included the following:

• Reinforcement and replacement of the defence system, in August 2009.
• Replacement of the supporting structures for tanker access gangways, 2010.
• Interconnection of tanker access gangways, April 2010.
• Fluid coupling for the rapid connection and disconnection of loading arms, April 2010.