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Push to clean up LNG continues

More developments related to the decarbonisation of LNG have been reported in

recent days

ENERGY EFFORTS to decarbonise LNG, while still in
TRANSITION their early days, are picking up pace. Several
separate developments related to cleaning up
WHAT: the super-chilled fuel have been reported over
A handful of the past few days.
developments related to Two Europe-based giants, Total and Siemens
the push to decarbonise Energy, signed a technical collaboration agree-
LNG have been reported ment to study sustainable solutions for reducing
in recent days. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. According to
an April 13 statement from Total, the collabora-
WHY: tion will focus on natural gas liquefaction facili-
Various companies ties and associated power generation.
are stepping up efforts In Japan, meanwhile, carbon-neutral LNG
to produce and trade trading was reported to be picking up pace.
carbon-neutral cargoes Toho Gas received its first carbon-neutral cargo
of the fuel. on April 8, and pledged to buy more LNG that
has had its emissions offset. Separately, Tokyo
WHAT NEXT: Gas said it had secured 70mn cubic metres
Such decarbonisation worth of carbon-neutral city gas supply cus-
efforts are set to continue tomers, and that it saw considerable potential Pavilion’s first carbon-
and gain momentum. for growing carbon-neutral LNG demand. technologies and know-how to deliver “indus- neutral LNG cargo used
And in Singapore, Pavilion Energy trial-stage solutions”. Examples of such solutions carbon offsets from
announced on April 15 that it had imported its provided by the companies include the combus- projects designed for
first carbon-neutral LNG cargo – also the first tion of clean hydrogen in gas turbines, competi- forest protection and
such cargo for the city-state. tive all-electrical liquefaction, optimised power restoration.
The various developments come as no great generation, the integration of renewable energy
surprise, given that the companies and coun- into liquefaction plants’ power systems and their
tries involved have already been working on efficiency enhancement.
incorporating carbon-neutral LNG into their “Reducing its carbon footprint is essential for
plans. Instead, the latest news demonstrates that LNG to play its role fully in the energy transi-
progress is being made. tion,” commented Total’s president of explora-
tion and production, Arnaud Breuillac.
Collaboration Siemens’ executive vice-president of indus-
Total delivered its first cargo of carbon-neutral trial applications, Thorbjörn Fors, said the part-
LNG in October 2020, shipping the fuel from ners would look at how they can competitively
Australia’s Ichthys liquefaction plant to China’s reduce the carbon footprint of brownfield and
Dapeng terminal. Total said at the time that the greenfield LNG projects alike.
delivery represented a new step as it seeks to sup- Total notes that it is the world’s second-largest
port its customers towards carbon neutrality. privately owned LNG player, with a global port-
“The development of LNG is essential to meet folio anticipated to reach nearly 50mn tonnes
the growth in global demand for energy while per year (tpy) by 2025 and a global market share
reducing the carbon intensity of the energy of around 10%. Its push to decarbonise LNG
products consumed,” Total’s president for gas, therefore has the potential to have a significant
Laurent Vivier, stated in October. and far-reaching impact.
Now, the new collaboration with Siemens
appears to represent the latest step in Total’s Japanese push
efforts to decarbonise its own operations and For Japan, one of the leading importers of LNG,
those of its customers. It builds on a previous decarbonising the fuel is one of numerous steps
agreement between the two, struck in June 2020, being explored as the country targets net-zero
aimed at advancing new concepts for green greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. The
LNG. latest moves being reported this week come after
According to the French company’s latest the Carbon Neutral LNG Buyers Alliance was
statement, the partners will now combine formed in March. The alliance includes Tokyo

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