Investigation of liquefied natural gas losses during its transportation to the Kaliningrad region and further regasification

Abstract

In modern geopolitical conditions, the transportation of energy resources and, in particular, liquefied natural gas to the Kaliningrad region has acquired key importance. The existing infrastructure facilities and technical devices, in particular the underground gas storage «Kaliningrad» and the floating Storage Regasification Unit «Marshal Vasilevskiy», make it possible to overcome the current crisis in many ways. At the same time, it should underline that the implemented method of liquified natural gas transportation to the Kaliningrad region and its regasification has different drawbacks, as a result of natural losses and imperfections of technological solutions, part of the liquefied gas may be lost. The article presents the results of a study of the causes and preliminary projected volumes of losses of liquefied natural gas during its transportation by the floating Storage Regasification Unit «Marshal Vasilevskiy» from the port of Ust-Luga to the Romanovo underground gas storage with subsequent regasification and injection into underground reservoirs. The analysis of possible technical and technological solutions allowing to reduce the volume of losses and save the transported liquefied natural gas for subsequent use is carried out.