It commenced operations on 1 January 2021, with full capacity (2.6 billion cubic meters annually) booked for the next three years.
A feasibility study was completed by 2008 and the location permit was issued in 2010 after environmental impact assessment was carried out.
[3] The project was developed by Adria LNG, which shareholders were E.ON Ruhrgas, Total S.A., OMV, RWE, and Geoplin.
FEED is like a basic variant of floating construction LNG terminal on the island of Krk predicted the "most complex" scenario, which involves the FSRU ship of larger dimensions and the construction of the foundations of the concrete shore system reinforced concrete caissons.
[11] In April 2022, due to the outbreak of the crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a decision was made to increase the LNG gasification capacity to 338,000 m3/hour, which is about 2.9 billion cubic meters annually.
[12] Due to the energy crisis, the Government of the Republic of Croatia made a strategic decision on August 18, 2022, to increase the capacity of the LNG terminal and gas pipeline Zlobin - Bosiljevo.
The terminal will also be a distribution point for natural gas to the surrounding market including Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia, as Croatia's demand only stands at 3.2 billion cubic metres (110 billion cubic feet) per year which is significantly below the expected capacity of the terminal.
[15] The onshore part of the LNG terminal consists of the jetty head, breasting dolphins for FSRU berthing, mooring dolphins for FSRU and LNG carrier berthing, quick release hooks, the access bridge, the high-pressure offloading arms with connecting pipeline, pig launching station, firefighting system, terminal control building, and associated facilities.
[15] The connecting gas pipeline, with nominal diameter 1.000 mm and operating pressure of 100 bar is 4.2 km long.
Main function of the connecting pipeline is send-out of the natural gas from terminal and its delivery to transmission system of the Republic of Croatia.