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The fuel will come from
the gas liquefaction
plant that Renergen
is building within
the framework of its
upstream Victoria gas
project.
Renergen, Total team up for LNG
marketing and distribution programme
PROJECTS & SOUTH Africa’s Renergen is working with a partners will expand sales and start making LNG
COMPANIES subsidiary of France’s Total on the marketing and available on routes leading to other major cities
distribution of LNG. in South Africa, it noted.
In a statement dated June 18, Renergen said it Total and Renergen are working to make
had signed an agreement with Total South Africa the case for LNG as a more environmentally
on co-operation in this area. The deal will allow friendly fuel for long-haul trucking, the state-
the former company to sell a part of its LNG pro- ment reported. “The LNG displaces diesel usage,
duction at the latter’s filling stations. reducing operating costs and helping customers
The statement did not reveal the value of the meet their sustainability targets due to the signif-
deal or say how much LNG it hoped to sell via icantly lower greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions Total and
Total’s filling station chain. It did say, though, from natural gas over diesel,” it said.
that the fuel would come from the gas liquefac- Miriam Kane-Garcia, the managing direc- Renergen are
tion plant that Renergen is building within the tor of Total South Africa, also touted the envi-
framework of its upstream Victoria gas project. ronmental benefits of the agreement. “Total working to make
The company “is in the construction phase of is committed to better energy, and with this
South Africa’s first commercial LNG plant and partnership we are taking another step towards the case for
is anticipating a turn-on date of the plant around providing affordable, reliable and clean energy LNG as a more
the third quarter [of] 2021,” it explained. in line with our Climate Ambition to achieving
It went on to say that the partners intended carbon neutrality by 2050 together with society,” environmentally
to supply the LNG to trucking companies. she said. “We look forward to working together
“The customer base for the LNG will predomi- with Renergen to continue making a difference friendly fuel
nantly be logistics companies operating trucks in South Africa.”
along the main routes across the country,” it Stefano Marani, the CEO of Renergen, added: for long-haul
said. Renergen has already arranged to allo- “We are proud to have partnered with a global trucking.
cate a “significant portion” of the initial output forward-thinking energy company. Total has a
from its plant to a number of transport oper- big focus on sustainability and a proven track
ators, it added, without identifying any of the record in the LNG space, which was clearly an
future buyers. advantage. This agreement is intended to pro-
The first Total stations to sell LNG lie along vide ideal filling locations for our customers
the N3 road, which links Durban and Johannes- along strategic routes across the country, and the
burg, the statement said. Once the second phase union will create a powerful first mover advan-
of Renergen’s LNG plant begins operating, the tage in this exciting space in South Africa.”
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