Poland Brings in Part-loads for SSLNG
A mobile station for metering liquefied natural gas could change the small-scale LNG market in Poland, said its developer PGNiG February 16.
Smaller consumers will be able to buy only a part of the standard tanker’s gas load, instead of the entire contents which is the case now, the state-controlled oil and gas company said.
The so-called Smok (Dragon) can measure out as much LNG as is needed from a tanker. This could be for delivery to a housing estate, or a farm, or a small factory, it said. The possibility of dividing tanker loads into smaller parts will stimulate the growth of the LNG market in Poland, PGNiG said.
PGNiG estimates the size of the small-scale LNG market is about 65,000 metric tons/year, but it could more than triple, to at least 200,000 mt/yr, in the next decade. It says it has already successfully unloaded an LNG tanker using its proprietary flow meter station, in a pioneering experiment. A national system to monitor metering and billing is now being developed. The new validation stations must also undergo periodic checks, it said.