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Import terminal · KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richards Bay Transnet FSRU

Richards Bay Transnet FSRU is a proposed LNG import terminal (floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The tracker lists 2 tracked units with 4.56 Mtpa proposed. It is owned by Zululand Energy Terminal Pty Ltd.

Operating

no units operating

Under construction

no units under construction

Proposed

4.56 Mtpa

6.2 bcm/y · 2 units

At a glance

State / province
KwaZulu-Natal
Region
Not reported
Import / export
Import
Onshore / floating
FSRU
Status (rolled up)
Proposed
Trains / phases tracked
2
Earliest start year
Not reported
Latest start year
Not reported
Coordinates
28.8062° S, 32.0592° E
GEM terminal ID
T100000131126
GEM wiki page
gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

UnitStatusCapacity (Mtpa)Capacity (bcm/y)StartProposedFIDOwner (as reported)
Unit Phase 1Proposed3.044.13Not reportedZululand Energy Terminal Pty Ltd [100%]
Unit Phase 2Proposed1.522.07Not reportedZululand Energy Terminal Pty Ltd [100%]

Capacity by status

StatusUnitsMtpabcm/y
Proposed24.566.2

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Location

Richards Bay Transnet FSRU at 28.8062° S, 32.0592° E, with 3 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates
28.8062° S, 32.0592° E
Coordinate accuracy (GEM)
approximate
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Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

PipelineStatusLengthCapacityDistanceMatched by
Phased Gas Pipeline NetworkProposed515 km0.6 kmroute proximity
Secunda–Durban Lilly Gas PipelineOperating600 km0.61 bcm/y3.1 kmroute proximity
Phased Gas Pipeline NetworkProposed210 km7.6 kmroute proximity

Supplied via

Chokepoints that cargoes arriving at this terminal typically cross, based on where its region is supplied from.

  • Strait of Gibraltar
  • Suez Canal
  • Bab el-Mandeb
  • Danish Straits

Atlantic-basin supply from the United States crosses no chokepoint, which is why the European exposure figure is lower than it looks.

Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, or take the machine-readable exposure feed. Links to the Chokepoints site are inactive until its domain is set in the environment.