Rovigo regasification terminal delivers record-breaking half-year with 4.5 million LNG tons delivered.

The past six months have seen a record six months for Adriatic LNG, the company that manages the Rovigo regasification terminal, Italy's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, with a licensed capacity of 10.4 billion cubic meters annually, and which has been operational since 2009. From January to June 2024, it injected 4.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas into the Italian grid, a 2.2% increase over last year's volumes. This performance was driven by May, when the plant recorded its best-ever performance in terms of volumes of gas regasified and redelivered in a single month: 825 million cubic meters, equal to the annual gas consumption of the entire provinces of Padua or Treviso.

During the first half of the year, the terminal received 38 LNG carriers, primarily from Qatar and the United States. They delivered more than a tenth of the total national imports. The hub, the company explains in a statement, confirms its position as "Italy's third-largest source of gas imports, after the pipeline from Algeria and Azerbaijan."

Specifically, the volumes regasified by the Rovigo plant in the first half of the year represented just under half of Italy's LNG imports, which are still growing. According to Snam data, the share of LNG in Italy's gas supplies has grown steadily over the years: 11% in 2021, 18% in 2022, 23-25% in 2023 and 2024, and has now reached 30% in the first half of 2025. In June 2024, Italy imported 900 million cubic meters of LNG, and by June 2024, that figure had reached 2 billion. The first half of last year saw the arrival of 7.6 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas, a quantity that grew to 10.3 billion in the first six months of 2025, according to the national transmission grid operator.

According to Snam, 109 cargoes arrived in the first six months of the year (compared to 150 for the entire year 2024), with the largest volumes coming from Qatar, the United States, and Algeria, but also from Spain, Egypt, Congo, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, and other countries. In May and June, LNG, with 33% of incoming flows, surpassed pipeline flows from Algeria (which peaked at 32%), becoming Italy's primary source of gas supply. This record was already achieved last year. This result was achieved thanks to the efforts of all Italian terminals: Panigaglia (La Spezia), Livorno, and Rovigo, and the more recent ones in Piombino and Ravenna, the latter of which began operations in June.

"In an energy landscape increasingly influenced by complex geopolitical events, Adriatic LNG has maintained a leading role in ensuring flexibility and diversification of supply for Italy and Europe," emphasized the company's CEO, Alexandra Thomas. "It confirms its position as a benchmark at the national and European level, thanks to operational performance that, year after year, breaks new records, confirming the reliability of our plant, as well as the value of the people who work there (98 employees, ed. )," added Alfredo Balena, Director of External Relations.