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Dunkirk's LNG terminal     


Dunkirk's intended LNG terminal would have an annual hosting capacity of 9 Gm3 (billions of m3), or around 20% of France's current consumption. It would have the following facilities :

  • a berthing station which would host around 80 LNG tankers per year with a capacity of up to 270,000 m3,
  • an LNG unloading system,
  • two or even three LNG storage tanks each with a capacity of 190,000 m3; a tank measures around 50 m in height and has a diameter of 90 m ;
  • a regasification unit ;
  • a seawater inlet to reheat the LNG: for the Dunkirk project, some of the hot water from the Gravelines plant would be used to heat the LNG ;
  • a connection to the distribution network.

The Dunkirk LNG terminal building works would take place over three years, from 2010 to 2013. It would employ up to 1,200 people.

The operating of the terminal would require the creation of 50 jobs (running of the facilities, maintenance, administration, surveillance, services, etc.) and would lead to the creation of around 100 indirect jobs (equipment maintenance, pilotage, towage, boatage, etc.) ; this would represent approximately €3 m per year for port workers.


Tax revenues generated by the terminal could reach an annual €20 m. It would raise sea traffic from 4 to 5 MT per year, namely, €6 m per year in turnover.
The project represents a €700 m investment for EDF and between €50 and 70 m for the Autonomous port of Dunkirk.


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