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Push to clean up LNG continues

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

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

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