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Neither the Greek company nor the Alge- largest single supplier of LNG. Sonatrach deliv-
rian NOC specified the length of the contract ers cargoes from the Skikda LNG plant to the
extension. Nor did either party offer insight as Revythousa regasification terminal, a facility in
to the nature of the changes in the terms of the the Gulf of Megara near Athens that is owned
contract. by DESFA, a fully-owned subsidiary of DEPA.
DEPA noted in its statement that the agree- According to previous reports, the volume
ment to extend the contract had been signed of these shipments amounts to the equivalent
online. The signatories were DEPA’s CEO Kon- of about 500mn-1bn cubic metres per year of
stantinos Xifaras and Sonatrach’s vice-president gas. ™
for marketing Fatiha Neffah, both of whom
stressed the long-standing relationship between
the two companies.
Xifaras commented: “The renewal of the
LNG supply contract with Sonatrach seals our
long-term, constructive co-operation with a
market partner. The signing of this agreement,
by adapting the terms to current trends, meets
DEPA Commerce’s strategic goal of providing
its customers with sufficient quantities of natu-
ral gas at competitive prices from reliable and
diversified sources, thus ‘shielding’ the country’s
energy security.”
Greece imported its first cargo of Alge-
rian LNG in 2000, and since then, Algeria has
become the Southern European country’s Greece receives fuel from Sonatrach’s Skikda LNG plant in Algeria (Photo: Altrad)

Renergen signs LNG supply

deal with Ceramic Industries

SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH Africa’s Renergen announced on Feb- supply Ceramic with LNG from the first stage
ruary 3 that it had signed an agreement with of its LNG plant on certain conditions. On the
Ceramic Industries, a subsidiary of Cape Town- one hand, it said, fulfilment of the agreement is
based Italtile, on supplies of LNG. contingent upon the successful commissioning
In a statement, Renergen said it was set to of Phase One itself.
begin delivering up to 800 gigajoules per day On the other hand, it said, Renergen must
of LNG to Ceramic in the first quarter of 2022. commission the facilities needed to store and
The five-year term of the supply agreement will supply LNG at the buyer’s site, while the buyer
begin on the date of the first shipment, and the must finish connecting its equipment to the
buyer will have the option to renew the deal for Renergen battery limit of the facility at its site.
two more five-year periods, it reported. The statement did not reveal the value of the
Renergen went on to say that it had agreed to supply deal.

Components of Renergen’s LNG plant being unloaded in May 2021 (Photo: Twitter/@RenergenJHB)

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