{"version":"1","article":{"id":"netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026","slug":"netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026?lang=en","title":"Gate LNG terminal’s fourth tank enters commissioning","summary":"The 180,000-cubic-metre Rotterdam tank is complete; Gasunie says it adds 4 billion cubic metres of annual regasification capacity.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-08T01:26:48+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-08T01:26:48+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-01","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Gasunie","url":"https://www.gasunie.nl/en/news/fourth-lng-tank-at-gate-terminal-ready-strengthening-energy-supply-for-the-netherlands-and-northwest-europe","publishedAt":"2026-10-01","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"gate-terminal-tank-capacity","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Gate LNG tankı depolama kapasitesi","en":"Gate LNG tank storage capacity","ar":"سعة تخزين خزان Gate للغاز المسال","fr":"Capacité de stockage du réservoir GNL de Gate","es":"Capacidad de almacenamiento del tanque de GNL de Gate"},"description":{"tr":"Gasunie’nin yeni tank kapasitesi ve terminal toplamı için bildirdiği tasarım değerleri.","en":"Design capacity figures reported by Gasunie for the new tank and terminal total.","ar":"قيم السعة التصميمية التي أعلنتها Gasunie للخزان الجديد وإجمالي المحطة.","fr":"Capacités de conception annoncées par Gasunie pour le nouveau réservoir et le terminal.","es":"Capacidades de diseño comunicadas por Gasunie para el nuevo tanque y la terminal."},"methodology":{"tr":"180.000 metreküp değeri tankın LNG depolama kapasitesidir. 4 milyar metreküp/yıl ek ve 20 milyar metreküp/yıl toplam değerleri yıllık yeniden gazlaştırma tasarım kapasitesidir. Hiçbiri gerçekleşmiş yıllık akış veya fiili doluluk değildir.","en":"The 180,000-cubic-metre figure is LNG storage capacity. The additional 4-billion-cubic-metre/year and total 20-billion-cubic-metre/year figures are annual regasification design capacities. Neither is actual annual throughput or inventory.","ar":"قيمة 180 ألف متر مكعب هي سعة تخزين الغاز المسال. أما 4 مليارات متر مكعب سنويا الإضافية و20 مليارا سنويا إجمالي قدرة إعادة التغويز التصميمية. ولا تمثل أي منهما تدفقا سنويا محققا أو مخزونا فعليا.","fr":"Les 180 000 m³ désignent le stockage de GNL. Les 4 milliards de m³/an supplémentaires et les 20 milliards au total sont des capacités annuelles de regazéification. Il ne s’agit ni de débit annuel réel ni de stock.","es":"Los 180.000 m³ son almacenamiento de GNL. Los 4.000 millones de m³ anuales adicionales y los 20.000 millones totales son capacidades de diseño de regasificación. Ninguna cifra representa flujo anual o inventario real."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.gasunie.nl/en/news/fourth-lng-tank-at-gate-terminal-ready-strengthening-energy-supply-for-the-netherlands-and-northwest-europe"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-07T21:58:20+00:00","items":[{"label":{"tr":"Dördüncü LNG tankı tasarım depolama kapasitesi","en":"Fourth LNG tank design storage capacity","ar":"سعة التخزين التصميمية لخزان الغاز المسال الرابع","fr":"Capacité de stockage de conception du quatrième réservoir GNL","es":"Capacidad de almacenamiento de diseño del cuarto tanque de GNL"},"value":180000,"unit":"cubic metres","period":"2026-10-01","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"netherlands-gate-lng-tank-storage-capacity","unitCode":"cubic-metre","geography":"netherlands","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"stock","periodRole":"announcement-date"}},{"label":{"tr":"Dördüncü tankın ek yıllık yeniden gazlaştırma tasarım kapasitesi","en":"Additional annual regasification design capacity from the fourth tank","ar":"القدرة التصميمية السنوية الإضافية لإعادة التغويز من الخزان الرابع","fr":"Capacité annuelle supplémentaire de regazéification apportée par le quatrième réservoir","es":"Capacidad anual adicional de regasificación del cuarto tanque"},"value":4,"unit":"billion cubic metres/year","period":"2026-10-01","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"netherlands-gate-regasification-capacity-addition","unitCode":"billion-cubic-metres-per-year","geography":"netherlands","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"rate","periodRole":"announcement-date"}},{"label":{"tr":"Dördüncü tank sonrası terminal toplam yıllık yeniden gazlaştırma tasarım kapasitesi","en":"Terminal total annual regasification design capacity after the fourth tank","ar":"إجمالي القدرة التصميمية السنوية لإعادة التغويز بعد الخزان الرابع","fr":"Capacité annuelle totale de regazéification après le quatrième réservoir","es":"Capacidad anual total de regasificación tras el cuarto tanque"},"value":20,"unit":"billion cubic metres/year","period":"2026-10-01","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"netherlands-gate-regasification-capacity-total","unitCode":"billion-cubic-metres-per-year","geography":"netherlands","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"rate","periodRole":"announcement-date"}}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"gate-terminal-tank-capacity","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"gate-terminal-tank-capacity","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026/data/gate-terminal-tank-capacity?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-gate-fourth-lng-tank-2026/data/gate-terminal-tank-capacity?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["Gasunie said on 1 October that construction of the fourth storage tank at the Gate LNG terminal on Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte had been completed as scheduled. The operator said the tank, which can hold 180,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas (LNG), entered commissioning that day after three years of construction. Completion of construction is distinct from technical commissioning and the gradual use of operating capacity. The stated tank volume is a design capacity; it does not show that the tank was full or receiving LNG at that rate on the announcement date.","Gasunie said the expansion adds 4 billion cubic metres per year to Gate’s regasification capacity, bringing the terminal total to 20 billion cubic metres annually. The company compared that total with an approximately 30-billion-cubic-metre annual volume for the Dutch gas market. The comparison conveys the scale of terminal capacity. It does not mean all gas would be consumed in the Netherlands, that the terminal will be fully used every year, or that imports from any one country will cease. LNG origin, contracts, regasification use and network flows are separate variables.","LNG is natural gas cooled into liquid form so it can be transported by ship. A terminal receives cargoes, temporarily stores the liquid, then regasifies it for delivery into transmission networks. The fourth tank increases storage buffering, while Gasunie says the wider project also raises regasification capacity. Storage volume and annual processing capacity describe different physical quantities: one is the LNG that can be held at a point in time; the other is the volume that can be regasified over a year. They should not be added as though they were a single capacity measure.","Gasunie says the decision to build the tank was partly a response to the 2022 energy crisis. Gate, a joint venture between Gasunie and Vopak, connects to transmission systems serving the Netherlands and surrounding countries. The ability to receive LNG from different parts of the world is presented as an opportunity to diversify supply. Additional terminal capacity by itself does not guarantee lower prices, more domestic production or zero supply risk. Those outcomes depend on global LNG availability, shipping, prices, contract structures and pipeline capacity.","The release also describes future projects that should be kept separate from the tank’s 1 October commissioning. The Port of Rotterdam took a final investment decision for Jetty 4 in January 2026; small-scale ship loading and bunkering are expected to begin toward the end of 2028. Gate launched a non-binding expression of interest for intended Jetty 5 capacity on 31 August. These are different project stages from the completed fourth tank. Whether expanded capacity translates into actual energy flows can be assessed through operating and utilization data published later."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The 180,000-cubic-metre Rotterdam tank is complete; Gasunie says it adds 4 billion cubic metres of annual regasification capacity.\n\nGasunie said on 1 October that construction of the fourth storage tank at the Gate LNG terminal on Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte had been completed as scheduled. The operator said the tank, which can hold 180,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas (LNG), entered commissioning that day after three years of construction. Completion of construction is distinct from technical commissioning and the gradual use of operating capacity. The stated tank volume is a design capacity; it does not show that the tank was full or receiving LNG at that rate on the announcement date.\n\nGasunie said the expansion adds 4 billion cubic metres per year to Gate’s regasification capacity, bringing the terminal total to 20 billion cubic metres annually. The company compared that total with an approximately 30-billion-cubic-metre annual volume for the Dutch gas market. The comparison conveys the scale of terminal capacity. It does not mean all gas would be consumed in the Netherlands, that the terminal will be fully used every year, or that imports from any one country will cease. LNG origin, contracts, regasification use and network flows are separate variables.\n\nLNG is natural gas cooled into liquid form so it can be transported by ship. A terminal receives cargoes, temporarily stores the liquid, then regasifies it for delivery into transmission networks. The fourth tank increases storage buffering, while Gasunie says the wider project also raises regasification capacity. Storage volume and annual processing capacity describe different physical quantities: one is the LNG that can be held at a point in time; the other is the volume that can be regasified over a year. They should not be added as though they were a single capacity measure.\n\nGasunie says the decision to build the tank was partly a response to the 2022 energy crisis. Gate, a joint venture between Gasunie and Vopak, connects to transmission systems serving the Netherlands and surrounding countries. The ability to receive LNG from different parts of the world is presented as an opportunity to diversify supply. Additional terminal capacity by itself does not guarantee lower prices, more domestic production or zero supply risk. Those outcomes depend on global LNG availability, shipping, prices, contract structures and pipeline capacity.\n\nThe release also describes future projects that should be kept separate from the tank’s 1 October commissioning. The Port of Rotterdam took a final investment decision for Jetty 4 in January 2026; small-scale ship loading and bunkering are expected to begin toward the end of 2028. Gate launched a non-binding expression of interest for intended Jetty 5 capacity on 31 August. These are different project stages from the completed fourth tank. Whether expanded capacity translates into actual energy flows can be assessed through operating and utilization data published later.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"energy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/energy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic energy landscape with solar panels, wind turbines and transmission lines.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"energy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/energy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic energy landscape with solar panels, wind turbines and transmission lines.","language":"en"}}}