@skells In April 2022, the director of the Sines port, Jose Luis Cacho, speculated that the terminal's import capacity could be doubled to 10 mtpa within one to two years.[15] As European countries sought to diversify their gas supply sources away from Russia, in May 2022 Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki indicated that Poland would be interested in cooperating with Portugal on LNG trans-shipping.[16] In July 2022, a Portuguese government spokesman said that talks were advancing with European countries such as Germany and Poland about the trans-shipment of LNG from the Sines terminal. A Portuguese government feasibility study had found that "with the existing infrastructure and simultaneous operations, Sines could transfer to central and northern Europe up to 10 billion cubic meters (353 billion cu ft) of LNG annually" within six to 12 months. To do so, a 12 million (US$12.3 million) investment in new equipment was planned, but this would not immediately involve expanding the terminal's storage facilities. The option to expand the terminal could happen "if there is robust demand with long-term prospects," and was estimated to require three years for construction at a cost of 100 million euros.[17]
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