New Projects in the Offshore Ravenna

There are several projects for the production of energy from renewable sources to which the companies associated with Roca look with great interest, ready to make available their decades of experience in oil & gas internationally.

CO2 capture & storage – CCUS

In Ravenna, in 2024, Eni has launched with Snam, Ravenna CCS Phase 1, the first project in Italy for the capture, transport and permanent storage of CO2 carried out exclusively for environmental purposes.

The goal of Phase 1 is to capture and store up to 25,000 tons per year of CO2 emitted from Eni’s Casalborsetti gas processing plant in Ravenna. Once captured, the CO2 is transported offshore and injected into a depleted gas field, where it is permanently stored.

The FSRU

The BW Singapore regasification vessel has been moored at the former Petra platform, 8.5 kilometers off the coast of Punta Marina, since February 28. Commissioning activities have begun, thanks to the arrival of the first cargo of American LNG, delivered by the vessel Flex Artemis on April 3.

The BW Singapore regasification vessel, purchased by Snam in July 2022, has an annual regasification capacity of 5 billion cubic meters just like the Italis LNG, already in operation in Piombino. With its entry into service, the country’s total regasification capacity will increase to 28 billion cubic meters per year, an amount equivalent to what was imported from Russia in 2021 and equal to 45% of the national gas demand.

LNG storage facility

The Ravenna LNG handling and storage facility, property of Depositi Italiani GNL S.p.A. (DIG), with an effective storage capacity of 20,000 m3 and a send-out capacity of 1.40.000 m3/year, has been in operation for more than three years.

The investment was made by DIG (Pir Group 51%, Edison 30%, Enagas, throughout his subsidiary company, 19%), whose CEO is Dr. Alessandro Gentile.

The Ravenna SSLNG (Small Scale LNG) plant, the only one of its kind in Italy so far, is capable of storing LNG in two cryogenic full containment tanks, unloading it from LNG carriers, and loading it onto barges, tanker truck, or tank containers.

The product, that has a boiling point of around -160°C at atmospheric pressure, is kept in its liquid form thanks to a re-liquefaction plant that exploit a refrigeration cycle with gaseous nitrogen to liquify the BOG (Boil Off Gas) that is continuously formed from the LNG evaporation.

The AGNES Project

The Agnes Romagna energy hub will be built over 12 miles off the coast of Ravenna. It will include 75 wind turbines and 13 floating solar platforms, with a total capacity of 700 MW enough to power around 500,000 households.

The project has already obtained the Environmental Impact Assessment (VIA) decree, becoming the largest renewable plant in the country’s history to achieve this milestone.

Construction will begin in late 2027, with commissioning expected in 2030. The developer is Agnes Holding, in partnership with Sorgenia (controlled by F2i).