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Push to clean up LNG continues

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

GLOBAL EFFORTS to decarbonise LNG, while still in Australia’s Ichthys liquefaction plant to China’s
their early days, are picking up pace. Several Dapeng terminal. Total said at the time that the
WHAT: separate developments related to cleaning up delivery represented a new step as it seeks to sup-
A handful of the super-chilled fuel have been reported over port its customers towards carbon neutrality.
developments related to the past few days. “The development of LNG is essential to meet
the push to decarbonise Two Europe-based giants, Total and Siemens the growth in global demand for energy while
LNG have been reported Energy, signed a technical collaboration agree- reducing the carbon intensity of the energy
in recent days. ment to study sustainable solutions for reducing products consumed,” Total’s president for gas,
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. According to Laurent Vivier, stated in October.
WHY: an April 13 statement from Total, the collabora- Now, the new collaboration with Siemens
Various companies tion will focus on natural gas liquefaction facili- appears to represent the latest step in Total’s
are stepping up efforts ties and associated power generation. efforts to decarbonise its own operations and
to produce and trade In Japan, meanwhile, carbon-neutral LNG those of its customers. It builds on a previous
carbon-neutral cargoes trading was reported to be picking up pace. Toho agreement between the two, struck in June 2020,
of the fuel. Gas received its first carbon-neutral cargo on aimed at advancing new concepts for green
April 8, and pledged to buy more LNG that has LNG.
WHAT NEXT: had its emissions offset. Separately, Tokyo Gas According to the French company’s latest
Such decarbonisation said it had secured 70mn cubic metres worth of statement, the partners will now combine tech-
efforts are set to continue carbon-neutral city gas supply customers, and nologies and know-how to deliver “industri-
and gain momentum. that it saw considerable potential for growing al-stage solutions”. Examples of such solutions
carbon-neutral LNG demand. provided by the companies include the combus-
And in Singapore, Pavilion Energy tion of clean hydrogen in gas turbines, competi-
announced on April 15 that it had imported its tive all-electrical liquefaction, optimised power
first carbon-neutral LNG cargo – also the first generation, the integration of renewable energy
such cargo for the city-state. into liquefaction plants’ power systems and their
The various developments come as no great efficiency enhancement.
surprise, given that the companies and countries “Reducing its carbon footprint is essential for
involved have already been working on incor- LNG to play its role fully in the energy transi-
porating carbon-neutral LNG into their plans. tion,” commented Total’s president of explora-
Instead, the latest news demonstrates that pro- tion and production, Arnaud Breuillac.
gress is being made. Siemens’ executive vice-president of indus-
trial applications, Thorbjörn Fors, said the part-
Collaboration ners would look at how they can competitively
Total delivered its first cargo of carbon-neutral reduce the carbon footprint of brownfield and
LNG in October 2020, shipping the fuel from greenfield LNG projects alike.

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