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Snam, Baker Hughes plan to build small-scale LNG, biomethane plants in Italy

Snam SpA and Baker Hughes teamed up to develop small-scale liquefaction plants for natural gas and biomethane across Italy.

A feasibility study for four plants, each about the size of a football field, will be completed by the end of 2018, the companies said in a May 28 press release. The aim is to boost the sustainable mobility of heavy-duty trucks and maritime transportation in Italy.

Total annual production from the plants could be approximately 140,000 tons of liquefied natural gas or bio-LNG, which is liquefied biomethane obtained from the organic fraction of urban waste or from agricultural and agro-industrial biomass.

The potential future investment for the plants is estimated at between €50 million and €80 million, the release said. The agreement also includes the opportunity to develop further microliquefaction plants in Italy and abroad.