OREANDA-NEWS. December 12, 2011. The Port of Tallinn and Elering have launched cooperation in the preliminary steps toward establishing a liquefied natural gas terminal.

Based on a report by Poyry Management Consulting on development of the Estonian gas market, Estonia should ensure alternative gas suppliers have access to the market through building such a terminal.

The agreement signed by Port of Tallinn and Elering on December 5 sets out preliminary work for building a terminal at Muuga Harbor - planning, environmental impact assessments and feasibility studies.

The terminal is one of the main strategic issues for the state for ensuring reliability of energy supply and diversifying the otherwise Russia-dominated supply of gas, said Elering's chairman of the board Taavi Veskimagi.