The storage tanks enable the operation to ensure continuity in the supply of natural gas.
The Terminal has three LNG storage tanks. The two main tanks are 56 meters high and 80 meters in diameter and can each store up to 160,000 cubic meters of LNG. Their “total containment” design consists of a nickel-plated steel tank inside another tank, encased in concrete. The tanks are built on 260 seismic isolators, making them resistant to earthquakes of great magnitude.
The third tank, which has a “simple containment” design, has a capacity of 14,000 cubic meters. It was the first to be built and enabled the Terminal to start operation while construction of the main tanks was being completed.v
GNL Quintero has the capacity to store 334,000 cubic meters of LNG, equivalent to some 200 million cubic meters of natural gas, a reserve that provides supply security.
