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Germany opens its first port terminal to import gas

2022-12-16T19:12:31.695Z


The state finances with billions of euros the construction of infrastructures to wean itself off Russian imports.


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With its 294 meters long, the LNG

carrier Höegh Esperanza

docked on the quay of the German port of Wilhelmshaven, in the North Sea, with on board, 170,000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

For the first time, Germany can source LNG directly.

Since Russia reduced its deliveries by pipeline, LNG imported by ship was transported by pipeline, in particular from France.

To mark the event, Chancellor Olaf Scholz will inaugurate this Saturday the floating terminal intended to restore LNG from the

Esperanza

to the state of gas.

From December 22, the latter will then be injected into the national gas pipeline network.

The LNG is bought by Uniper, the nationalized company saved from bankruptcy which once got its supplies from the Russian giant Gazprom: quite a symbol.

Read alsoThe spectacular rise of LNG in America

In the name of the national emergency, the government has shaken up its bureaucracy, passed a law accelerating administrative procedures, thus building infrastructures...

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Source: lefigaro

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