German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed the issue with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the summit held by The Group of Seven economic powers (G7) leaders this week, two other sources told Reuters.

Berlin has been rushing to phase out Russian energy imports after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and is looking for alternative supply routes and sources of energy. It has backed the construction of two LNG terminals and has rented four floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) as a stop-gap measure.

In May, Canadian Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said the Canadian government was in discussions with the companies behind two proposed east coast LNG export facilities to see how it could speed up the projects and help boost supply to Europe.

Canada, the world’s sixth-largest natural gas producer, does not have any east coast LNG facilities and only one under construction on its west coast. The second source said that Canadians were eager to develop new fields given high shale gas prices and recognised Germany’s reputation as being environmentally friendly.

Germany consumes around 100 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas annually with around 55% of that coming from Russia and smaller volumes piped from Netherlands and Norway. Spanish oil major Repsol’s regasification plant on Canada’s east coast, through which it imports into the United States, could potentially have a liquefaction capacity installed to export directly into Northwest Europe.

https://q107.com/news/8953367/ottawa-berlin-lng-europe-exports/

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The cargoes are sought on a delivered ex-ship (DES) basis at Dunkirk LNG terminal and are linked to the French gas hub (PEG). Submitting offers for cargoes delivered between 2023-2025 will end by close of business on July 4, 2022. For 2026 and beyond, the deadline is September 12, 2022.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/frances-edf-seeks-12-lng-155049281.html

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(Chevron), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. At plateau, Chevron will purchase a combined 2.0 million tpy of LNG from Cheniere subsidiaries, subject to certain conditions described below.

Under the first SPA, Chevron has agreed to purchase approximately 1.0 million tpy of LNG from SPL on an FOB basis. Deliveries under the SPA will begin in 2026, reach the full 1.0 million tpy during 2027, and continue until mid-2042. Under the second SPA, Chevron has agreed to purchase approximately 1.0 million tpy of LNG from Cheniere Marketing on an FOB basis, with deliveries beginning in 2027 and continuing for approximately 15 years. The Cheniere Marketing SPA is subject to Cheniere making a positive Final Investment Decision (FID) to construct additional liquefaction capacity at the Corpus Christi LNG Terminal beyond the seven-train Corpus Christi Stage III Project. The purchase price for LNG under the SPAs is indexed to the Henry Hub price, plus a fixed liquefaction fee.

Additionally, Cheniere’s subsidiary, Sabine Pass LNG (SPLNG), and Chevron have agreed to terms for the early termination of their LNG Terminal Use Agreement (the TUA) in return for a lump sum payment to be made by Chevron to SPLNG during calendar year 2022. Termination of the TUA is subject to the consent of certain leaders to Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., expected during 3Q22.

https://www.lngindustry.com/liquid-natural-gas/24062022/cheniere-and-chevron-sign-long-term-lng-spas/

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for the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Sempra Infrastructure’s Gulf Coast LNG portfolio of projects under development in North America.

The HOA provides the framework for the negotiation and finalization of a definitive 20-year LNG sale and purchase agreement for approximately 1.4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of LNG delivered free-on-board from the proposed Port Arthur LNG project or Cameron LNG Phase 2 project.

Sempra Infrastructure is working to expand its Gulf Coast LNG asset base through the simultaneous development of the Port Arthur LNG project in Jefferson County, Texas, and the proposed expansion of the Cameron LNG facility in Hackberry, Louisiana. INEOS joins the company’s growing portfolio of global energy and manufacturing companies that have recently executed HOAs for potential long-term offtake from these projects.

The Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project has received all major permits and is anticipated to include up to two natural gas liquefaction trains capable of producing, under optimal conditions, approximately 13.5 Mtpa of LNG. In addition, the proposed Cameron LNG Phase 2 project, expected to include a single LNG train with a maximum production capacity of 6.75 Mtpa of LNG, continues to reach a number of important commercial and permitting milestones, including the launch of a competitive Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) process.

The referenced HOAs are preliminary non-binding arrangements, and the development of the Port Arthur LNG and Cameron LNG Phase 2 projects remain subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including reaching definitive agreements, securing all necessary permits, signing engineering and construction contracts, obtaining financing and incentives, and reaching a final investment decision.

https://www.euro-petrole.com/sempra-infrastructure-and-ineos-energy-trading-sign-heads-of-agreement-for-lng-supply-n-i-24080

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Qatar is partnering with international companies in the first and largest phase of the nearly $30 billion expansion that will boost Qatar’s position as the world’s top LNG exporter. The companies will form a joint venture that will take a 12.5% stake in North Field East and ConocoPhillips will have a 25% stake in that joint venture. The arrangement is similar to that announced with Eni and implies a 3.12% stake in the overall North Field East project for ConocoPhillips.

QatarEnergy CEO Saad al-Kaabi said the partnerships with international companies would be for a period of 27 years. In all, the North Field Expansion plan includes six LNG trains that will ramp up Qatar’s liquefaction capacity from 77 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) to 126 mtpa by 2027. The fifth and sixth trains are part of a second phase, North Field South. The North Field is part of the world’s biggest gas field that Qatar shares with Iran, which calls its share South Pars.

https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/qatarenergy-conocophillips-tie-up-for-lng-expansion-project/

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Berlin plans to invest up to $3.2bn on building four floating LNG import terminals over the next decade, allowing it to rapidly downscale its use of Russian gas imports. Last year, Germany was dependent on Russia for around 55% of its overall gas requirement.

Germany’s federal administration unveiled a strategy late March to become “largely independent” of Russian gas imports before mid-2024.  LNG imports have also been proposed in the ports of Brunsbuettel (8bn m3/yr), Wilhelmshaven (9.8bn m3/yr) and Stade (12bn m3/yr.)

Speaking in Berlin following energy-led political talks, Scholz stated that our goal is to get as much as possible there by the turn of the year, or a little bit later, so we can get gas quickly from wherever.

https://www.naturalgasworld.com/berlin-expects-baltic-sea-lng-project-launch-within-months-press-99058

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The international LNG market has heated up in the past few months as Europe, a major importer of gas, seeks to reduce and eventually eliminate its reliance on Russian pipeline gas.

LNG has emerged as the most convenient replacement, and the United States as the biggest supplier so far. Europe has become the top destination for U.S. liquefied natural gas, but the recent explosion at Freeport LNG has compromised the security of future volumes.

Looking for diversification, the European Union also recently sealed a deal with Israel for LNG that will be produced in Israel and liquefied in Egypt before getting shipped to Europe.

Meanwhile, in more good news for LNG importers, Italy’s Eni has introduced the first feed gas into its Mozambique LNG facility, the Coral South floating LNG plant. First liquefied gas from the plant is scheduled for the second half of the year.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/This-Oil-Giant-Just-Shipped-Its-First-LNG-Cargo.html

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The FLNG arrived at the final operating site offshore Mozambique in early January 2022; mooring and connection to six underwater production wells were finalised in March and May 2022, respectively.

The Coral South project achieved a final investment decision in 2017; FLNG fabrication and construction activities started in September 2018 and were completed in 38 months as planned, with an FLNG sail away, from South Korea to Mozambique, in November 2021.

The Coral Sul FLNG has a gas liquefaction capacity of 3.4mn metric tons/year and will put in production 450bn m3 of gas from the Coral reservoir, located in the offshore Rovuma basin. Coral-Sul FLNG is the first floating LNG facility ever deployed in the deep waters of the African continent.

https://www.naturalgasworld.com/coral-south-sends-first-gas-to-flng-offshore-mozambique-98980

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Representatives of participants at the gas forum applauded announcement of the deal. Egypt is the only country in the gas forum to have plants that can produce liquified natural gas. Egyptian political sociologist Said Sadek told VOA that the announcement of the deal formalized cooperation among the EU, Egypt and Israel that has been going on for several months.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi told a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that the agreement signed in Cairo was part of what he called “increasing cooperation between Egypt and the EU in numerous fields,” amid a difficult global political and economic period.

Sissi also thanked Egypt’s political partners, including the EU, for helping to “mitigate the effects of increasing food prices and the current crisis that is affecting many developing countries.” Von der Leyen said during the press conference that the EU would contribute financially and technologically to help Egypt with food production.

https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-egypt-israel-agree-to-export-israeli-liquified-natural-gas-to-europe/6618920.html

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The agreement will create a formal framework for long-term cooperation to discuss and explore the development of a joint business relationship the two company’s resources and strengthen their business capabilities, KOGAS said in a statement sent to Reuters. The two companies, directly and through their affiliates Kogas International (KI) and TotalEnergies Gas and Power Asia (TEGPA), have a strong track record of cooperation in LNG procurement for the Korean market and in optimising Kogas volumes out of Sabine Pass in the United States. South Korea’s consumption of LNG is expected to remain robust as the country, which relies heavily on gas for power generation, seeks to move away from coal and nuclear power.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/south-koreas-kogas-signs-mou-142301316.html

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Enter H2SITE, a Spanish startup, that promises to do just that. Its secured 12.5 million euros ($13.23 million) in investments from Bill Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures, French utility Engie SA and Norwegian oil giant Equinor ASA.

While there are existing methods to store and transport hydrogen, they can be prohibitively expensive, especially compared to moving around its carbonaceous cousin natural gas. H2SITE says that transporting hydrogen could cost as much as three times the cost of hydrogen production. The startup offers to provide that service at a fraction of a cost, if its technology can scale.

There are two modes in which H2SITE’s technology works. First is to use existing natural-gas pipelines to move hydrogen from where it’s produced to where it is consumed. These pipes can carry about 30% hydrogen when mixed with natural gas. The idea is that diluted hydrogen will be less corrosive on existing steel infrastructure. Freshly produced hydrogen is injected into a pipeline containing natural gas, close to where hydrogen is made, and then recovered using H2SITE’s filter where it needs to be consumed.

H2SITE’s second mode of operation causes it to become a cracker for ammonia or methanol. All that needs to be done, according to Andrés Galnares, H2SITE’s chief executive officer, is to increase the number of palladium membranes and tweak the temperature and pressure at which the reactor is run.

https://www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/2022/06/28/bill-gates-led-fund-backs-startup-with-cheaper-way-to-move-hydrogen?topic=smart-beta

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Sables-d’Olonne, in western France, a region that is a pioneer in the area of transport decarbonization. The SYDEV is rolling out a bold green mobility program aimed at developing a local ecosystem for the production and distribution of 100% green hydrogen that will ultimately cover the whole region.

The first multi-energy station under this program (green power, green hydrogen and bio-CNG) was successfully commissioned in La Roche-sur-Yon during the second half of 2021. HRS supplied and installed the hydrogen refueling station as part of a project coordinated by ENGIE Solutions.

The SYDEV has renewed its confidence in the ENGIE Solutions and HRS consortium for the development and technical operation of the new filling station that will be commissioned in early 2023 in Sables-d’Olonne. The station will be opened initially for company fleets, then later for the public.

The station’s modular design will allow it to meet the growing demand for hydrogen fuel and cover expected future requirements up until 2031. Other stations as yet unallocated will be installed at a later date under the same regional project coordinated by SYDEV.

https://www.ngvjournal.com/s1-news/c4-stations/hydrogen-based-green-mobility-program-under-development-in-western-france/

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fuel cell trucks powered by hydrogen. Volvo has started to test vehicles with this technology. Customer pilots will start in a few years from now and commercialization is planned for the latter part of this decade.

The hydrogen fuel cell trucks, which only emit water vapor and produce their own electricity onboard, will have an operational range comparable to many diesel trucks – up to 1,000 km – and a refueling time of less than 15 minutes. The total weight can be around 65 tons or even higher, and the two fuel cells have the capacity to generate 300 kW of electricity onboard.

The fuel cells will be supplied by cellcentric – the joint venture between the Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG. Cellcentric will build one of Europe’s largest series production facilities for fuel-cells, specially developed for heavy vehicles.

Fuel cell technology is still in an early phase of development and there are many benefits with the new technology, but also some challenges ahead. One of them is large-scale supply of green hydrogen (produced by using renewable energy sources, such as wind, water and sun). Another is the fact that refueling infrastructure for heavy vehicles is yet to be developed.

https://www.ngvjournal.com/s1-news/c7-lng-h2-blends/volvo-trucks-trials-new-zero-emission-hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicle/

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