Adriatic LNG Terminal – Offshore Italy
Constructed with techniques used for North Sea platforms like Troll A, this project applied the same principles to LNG infrastructure instead of oil and gas production. The gravity based structure acts as an artificial island. It is the world’s first offshore LNG import terminal built on a concrete GBS.
The GBS is extremely stable and anchored by its own weight. It houses one of the largest offshore LNG storage tanks in the world. The tank sits inside the gravity base structure, protected by thick reinforced concrete
Stable offshore foundation for safe, reliable marine operation
- Location: Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy
- Project period: 2005 - 2008
- Owners: ExxonMobil, Qatar Petroleum, Edison
- Structure type: Concrete gravity-based structure (GBS)
The Adriatic LNG Terminal is the first offshore gravity-based structure developed for the unloading, storage and regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The concrete GBS provides a stable offshore foundation designed for safe, long-term operation with full respect for the marine environment.
- Concrete volume: 250,000 m³
- Structure height: 47 m
- Footprint: 180 m × 88 m
- Post-tensioning strand tonnage: 3,850 tonnes
- First-of-its-kind offshore LNG terminal, using GBS solution
- Supports safe and efficient LNG import infrastructure
- Demonstrates GBS versatility beyond oil and gas production.