Adriatic LNG launches Open Season 2026
ADRIATIC LNG LAUNCHES OPEN SEASON 2026
Adriatic LNG offered the market regasification capacity available until 2051
As Italy’s third entry point for natural gas, the Adriatic LNG regasification terminal plays a strategic role in the stability, security, and diversification of the national and European energy system.
Milan, July 13 2026 - Adriatic LNG, the company which operates the liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal located in the Northern Adriatic Sea, has launched the accreditation phase for Open Season 2026 aimed at operators of the natural gas market interested in acquiring medium to long-term regasification capacity.
With Open Season 2026 Adriatic LNG offers the market regasification capacity available in the period between January 2029 and December 2051.
Operators can apply by September 14th for accreditation to participate in the binding phase, which will run from September 17th to September 30th, 2026. In order to submit requests, operators must follow the instructions provided in the Notice of Initiation of the Annual Subscription Procedure and the Auction Application Rules, which have been made available on the Adriatic LNG website. The auction will be subject to the terms and conditions detailed in the Auction Application Rules, the Regasification Code, and the bidding documentation published on the company's website.
Adriatic LNG’s offer is structured in products, proposed either as individually offered unloading slots or as annual volumes with a minimum subscription threshold. This year a total of 37 unloading slots of 175,000 liqcm each are being made available to the market for the period 2029–2034. For the subsequent years, from 2035 to 2051, the available regasification capacity is offered as volumes for fixed-duration periods (17 or 10 consecutive years starting from 2035), with a minimum requirement for interested parties to request at least 2.6 billion cubic meters per year over the offered period in the various sessions.
Further details on the available LNG regasification capacity and offering procedures are included in the 2026 Offered Capacity Catalogue.
With an authorized maximum regasification capacity of 10.4 billion cubic meters per year, and a regasification operation reliability rate of 99.4% (update: May 2026), the Adriatic LNG terminal plays a strategic role for the security of the Italian and European energy system. Since the start of the Terminal operations, it has received 1,246 LNG carriers from 10 different countries, delivering more than 113.5 billion cubic meters of gas into the network.
In 2025, the Adriatic LNG terminal met approximately 14% of Italy’s national gas demand, ranking as the country’s third-largest entry point for gas imports, after pipeline supplies from Algeria and Azerbaijan.
In previous Open Season sessions, Adriatic LNG allocated all regasification capacity available until December 2028, 2.5 billion cubic meters per year from January 2029 to December 2034, 1.4 billion cubic meters per year from January 2035 to December 2042, as well as 0.5 billion cubic meters per year from January 2043 until December 2045.
ADRIATIC LNG
Adriatic LNG operates Italy’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal. Operational since November 2009, the terminal makes a significant contribution to the Italian gas system by ensuring the country’s energy security and supply diversification. It has an authorized maximum regasification capacity of 10.4 billion cubic meters per year and supplies around 14% of current national gas demand. Since 2009, Adriatic LNG has helped meet Italy’s natural gas consumption by sending out over 113.5 billion cubic meters of gas into the national pipeline network, coming from different areas of the world (including Qatar, USA, Trinidad & Tobago, Egypt, etc.) and transported by a great variety of carriers up to 217,000 liqcm capacity.
CONTACTS:
Adriatic LNG Press office - COMMUNITY
Francesco Astolfi - Mob. + 39 335 7897492 - francesco.astolfi@community.it
Giulia Vaccaro - Mob. +39 342 0865017 - giulia.vaccaro@community.it
For more information: www.adriaticlng.it
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