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at Spain’s terminals during the month of LNG Croatia ship departs
October.
Russia delivered 3.07 TWh of LNG to TAQA gains approval for for first cargo load ahead of
Spain, followed by Nigeria with 2.68 TWh.
The country imported 0.88 TWh decommissioning plans for Krk LNG terminal launch
of LNG from Qatar, 0.86 TWh from
Equatorial Guinea, 0.77 TWh from North Sea topsides The LNG Croatia ship of state-owned
Trinidad and Tobago and 0.49 TWh from company LNG Croatia, which develops the
Algeria. Oil and gas company TAQA Bratani has liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project
Spain’s LNG facilities received a total received approval from the UK authorities for on the Krk island, departed for its first cargo
of 16 LNG cargoes in October 2020, down its drafts decommissioning programs for the ahead of the planned launch of the terminal’s
from 20 LNG cargoes in October 2019. Tern and North Cormorant platform topsides, commercial operations on January 1, the
Huelva plant received six cargoes during located in the UK North Sea. project company said.
the month, followed by Cartagena and As previously reported, TAQA Bratani The vessel will be loaded at the port of
Bilbao plants receiving three cargoes each. filed its decommissioning programs for Sagunto in Spain, after which it is expected
Mugardos terminal received two cargoes the Tern and North Cormorant platform to arrive at the Krk island terminal in
while the Barcelona and Sagunto plants topsides back in July 2020. early December when all activities on
received a single cargo each. The large steel jacket / sub-structure commissioning the terminal will begin, LNG
Enagas said that during the month of of both the North Cormorant and Tern Croatia said in a statement on November 21.
October, the Barcelona facility reloaded platforms will be subject to separate The ship is one the main elements of
0.34 TWh of LNG. decommissioning programs. the future LNG terminal, representing its
The operator also reported that a These plans have now been approved and, floating storage and regasification unit
total of 1158 LNG truck loadings were under these plans, topsides of both these (FSRU).
completed at Spanish LNG facilities. This platforms will be removed onshore for reuse, It was converted into a FSRU vessel in a
compares to 1052 truck loading operations recycling or disposal. Chinese shipyard near Shanghai earlier this
completed in October 2019. The execution window for both platform year, local media reported last month.
topsides decommissioning is at the earliest The Krk LNG terminal will deliver gas to
possible date in 2024 through to project the Croatian national transmission network
North Sea reservoir confirmed completion in 2028.. connected to fellow EU member states
Slovenia, Italy and Hungary, as well as non-
suitable for CO2 storage EU member states Serbia and Montenegro.
The project comprises the construction
A Danish North Sea reservoir and Bulgaria’s Bent Oil wins fuel and operation of a LNG terminal featuring
infrastructure have been determined suitable supply deal with Sofia’s a FSRU unit and its connections to the
for geological CO2 storage, as part of the national gas transmission network.
Project Greensand with Wintershall Dea, Urban Mobility Centre The terminal will have a capacity of 2.6bn
Ineos, and Maersk Drilling as its members. cubic metres of natural gas per year.
Danish drilling contractor Maersk Sofia’s public transport management In July 2019, the European Commission
Drilling joined the CO2 storage project company - Urban Mobility Centre, said approved Croatia’s plans to support the
in June 2020. The drilling contractor on November 20 that it has signed a development of the EUR233.6m ($278mn)
expects that its offshore rigs will be used to BGN1.75mn ($1.1mn) fuel purchase LNG terminal project with EUR100mn in
repurpose the existing oil and gas wells for agreement with local company Bent Oil. state aid.
CO2 injection. The deal envisages the supply of an
In an update on November 25, Maersk estimated 326,800 litres of petrol, 794,700
said that the mission to store CO2 beneath litres of diesel and 102,567 litres of liquefied
the Danish North Sea has cleared the first petroleum gas, Urban Mobility Centre said
major hurdle after the intended subsea in a notice to the public procurement agency.
reservoir in the North Sea was confirmed The contract was signed on October 15.
feasible for CO2 injection by independent Bent Oil filed the sole bid in the tender
certification body DNV GL to the for deal.
endorsement of Danish authorities..

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