AGA Nynäshamn LNG Terminal is the first step towards LNG fuel in the Baltic Sea

AGA AB, previously AB Gasaccumulator and AB Svenska Gasaccumulator, was a Swedish industrial gas company founded in 1904. Nobel Prize laureate Gustaf Dalén was instrumental in the success of the company. Important inventions included the AGA cooker and the Dalén light. In the 1990s AGA conceived and developed HiQ for specialty gases. In 2000, AGA was integrated into Linde AG.

”The opening of the LNG terminal is a very important step for AGA and for the entire Linde Group,”says Jan Bäckvall CEO of AGA AB. ”It marks the turning point from being an industrial gases company to also being an energy gas company.” The terminal facility includes the storage tank, the reliquefication and gasification plant and the harbour.

The first LNG delivery arrived in mid-March 2012 from Risavika, Norway on a specially-constructed vessel. A further two deliveries have since arrived. This is the first time that natural gas has been delivered to Sweden in this way. The large tanker, currently berthed outside of Nynäshamn, is 35 metres high, 20,000 m3 in volume and will soon be filled with liquefied natural gas.

As a result of the engineering and execution of the LNG terminal project, the Swedish company offers various shipowner bunker solutions, such as LNG truck, local storage facility, dedicated bunker barge and directly from the LNG terminal.

The demand for environmentally friendly fuel continues to increase and LNG is one of them. LNG mixed with air has been used since the beginning of the year in Stockholm’s city gas network which is expected to result in a reduction of carbon emissions by 50,000 tonnes per year. Nynas Raffinaderi will replace the naphtha with natural gas in the production. This will also provide a reduction in carbon emissions by 20,000 tonnes per year.

CEO of AGA AB, Jan Bäckvall goes on to say that: ”AGA’s investment in LNG is the largest investment in gas power in Sweden in a quarter century. We are confident that our terminal in Nynäshamn will make a big difference for Swedish industry and the environment,”