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First shipment of LNG

arrives in Hungary

HUNGARY THE first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) security of supply, diversification of the trans-
has arrived from the Croatian import terminal port route, and of course, the possibility of cost
to Hungary, thus adding a new mode and route reduction.
to the domestic gas supply chain which currently The shortening of the transport route to sup-
serves mainly transport purposes; soon the ply industrial customers and thus more accu-
road may be opened for industrial use as well, rate scheduling of the delivery is an important
ARELGAS Kft, a major LNG seller in Hungary, result of the process that has now been launched,
announced on August 10. according to the company’s statement.
The first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) Hungary currently has three LNG filling sta-
has arrived from the Croatian import terminal tions, and next year the number of filling points
to Hungary, thus adding a new mode and route in Hungary will double to meet the needs of the
to the domestic gas supply chain which currently growing number of LNG-powered vehicles.
serves mainly transport purposes; soon the As already reported by bne IntelliNews, since
road may be opened for industrial use as well, late August 10, the Moscow-controlled Druzhba
ARELGAS Kft, a major LNG seller in Hungary, (Friendship) pipeline resumed the transfer of oil
announced on August 10. to Slovakia and Hungary following MOL Group’s
After ARELGAS Ltd. became the first com- payment to Ukraine for the Russian oil transit.
pany in Hungary to put into operation a LNG However, imports are still halted to Czechia,
transport tanker train, the possibility has opened local media report, after Russian oil company
for gas to arrive in Hungary not only by pipeline Transneft cut the oil flow westwards, blaming
but also by transport vehicle, often referred to as sanctions for blocking transit payments
a “virtual pipeline,” from the LNG FSRU (Liq- Russian company Transneft stopped the
uefied Natural Gas Floating Storage Regasifier delivery through the pipeline after they said
Unit) facility on the island of Krk, Croatia, the that Ukraine has suspended Russian oil flows
closest LNG import terminal to Hungary, reports to southern Europe because Western sanctions
hungarytoday.hu, a Hungarian news website. prevented them from receiving transit fees from
The arrival of the first Hungarian vehicle from Moscow.™
the Krk terminal and its subsequent transfer to
a gas storage tank, is a milestone in terms of

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