(Finance) – The works for the Ravenna offshore regasification plantwhich will land 8.5 km from Punta Marina at the end of the year to enter into service in the first quarter of 2025. The progress of the works on land is approximately 90% (with 450 thousand hours worked) and more than 50% for the works at sea (800 thousand hours worked). The regasification vessel is currently in the shipyard in Dubai for the necessary adjustments for its positioning on the coast opposite Marina di Ravenna. Furthermore, since February 2024, work has been underway on the dismantling of the Petra platform, phase which was followed, from mid-May, by the installation of the structures of the new mooring platform (an imposing work approximately 440 meters long and weighing over 14,000 tons). The works for the breakwater (approximately 900 meters), currently in the tender phase, will begin in August 2024 and will end in October 2026, ensuring safety and continuous operation of the plant even in particularly adverse weather and sea conditions. These – he says Snam in a note – the information at the centre of the press conference held today in Ravenna, during which the Minister of Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto FratinThe Mayor of Ravenna Michele de Pascale andCEO of Snam Stefano Venier they intervened together to take stock of the roadmap for the arrival of the BW Singapore, a regasification vessel purchased by Snam in July 2022 and equipped – like the Italis Lng in operation in Piombino from July 2023 – with an annual regasification capacity of 5 billion cubic meters.
With the entry into operation of the BW Singapore, the country’s overall regasification capacity will rise to 28 billion cubic meters per yeara volume corresponding to approximately 45% of Italy’s gas demand in 2023. A figure, 28 billion cubic meters, equal to what was imported from Russia in 2021 and, as such, capable of consolidating the security of supplies on which Italy, also through the wide range of actions and projects led by Snam, is continuing to work.
The following have also been confirmed: positive consequences for the territory connected to the construction of the plant. Of the more than 240 suppliers involved, in fact, more than 80 come from the Province of Ravenna or Emilia-Romagna. Contracts have been awarded to companies in the Ravenna area for over 300 million euros (corresponding to approximately 30% of the entire investment). Every year, Snam will then sustain costs of 30 million euros (maritime services, O&M activities, weather services and monitoring), which in turn will fuel the economy of the area. From an employment point of view, 800 resources are involved in the project, but at the peak of activity, the people at work will be more than 1,200.