Adriatic LNG once again confirmed its role in 2025 as a strategic energy infrastructure for Italy. The terminal injected 8.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas into the grid, covering more than 13% of national gas demand. This significant result was achieved despite a one-month shutdown dedicated to scheduled maintenance activities and capacity enhancement works.

In 2025, a year in which LNG recorded steady growth within the national energy system, the contribution of the Adriatic LNG terminal proved crucial. More than 40% of the LNG volumes arriving in Italy were processed through the terminal based in Veneto region, confirming the strategic role of the infrastructure as the leading LNG entry point in Italy.

The terminal received 71 LNG carriers, mainly from Qatar and the United States, as well as from North Africa and South America, the majority of which belonged to the Q-Flex class. Adriatic LNG is the only terminal in Italy capable of receiving this type of vessel, with clear benefits in terms of logistical efficiency and optimization of transported volumes.

2025 was also a decisive year for strengthening the offshore terminal’s infrastructure. The project to increase the terminal’s constant regasification capacity has been completed, raising annual capacity from 9 to 9.5 billion cubic meters. At the same time, maximum daily regasification capacity increased from 26 to 28.5 million cubic meters. The new additional capacity, equal to 0.5 billion cubic meters per year, has already been fully allocated until December 2045.

“The increase in regasification capacity to 9.5 billion cubic meters per year will allow us to manage with greater flexibility an infrastructure that already records one of the highest utilization rates in Europe – stated Alfredo Balena, Director of External Relations at Adriatic LNG. Our main challenge is to guarantee the country a constant flow of energy, while ensuring the operational excellence and reliability that have always distinguished our terminal. In a national and European context in which LNG is assuming an increasingly relevant role, Adriatic LNG’s contribution therefore becomes essential. Diversification of supply sources is indeed crucial to strengthening the security, stability and sustainability of the energy system, in compliance with the principle of technological neutrality”.

Since the start of operations in 2009, the Adriatic LNG terminal has received over 1,215 LNG carriers and injected more than 110 billion cubic meters of gas into the national grid, ensuring supplies from more than ten countries.
Source: Adriatic LNG