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Total delivers carbon neutral LNG cargo

FRANCE FRANCE’S Total announced this week that it “The development of LNG is essential to meet
had delivered its first-ever cargo of carbon neu- the growth in global demand for energy while
The cargo was loaded tral LNG. The cargo was loaded at the Ichthys reducing the carbon intensity of the energy
at the Ichthys LNG LNG terminal in Australia and delivered to products consumed.”
terminal in Australia China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) Total joins a small handful of companies that
and delivered to China. on September 29 at the Dapeng terminal in have sold carbon neutral LNG cargoes to date.
China, Total said in an October 20 statement. Royal Dutch Shell accounts for the majority, hav-
The carbon footprint of the LNG shipment ing reported selling five carbon neutral LNG car-
was offset using Verified Carbon Standards goes since mid-2019. All of these cargoes went
(VCS) emissions certificates to finance two to Asian companies, including two to CNOOC.
projects. The first was the Hebei Guyuan wind Japan’s JERA has also made its first foray into
power project, which aims to reduce emissions carbon neutral LNG, selling a carbon neutral
from coal-based power generation in northern cargo to India in June 2019.
China. The second was the Kariba REDD+ For- Meanwhile, Singapore’s Pavilion Energy is in
est Protection Project, aimed at protecting Zim- the process of concluding a tender for the supply
babwe’s forests. of LNG whose emissions have been offset. When
For the cargo to be deemed carbon neutral, its it launched the tender in April, the company said
entire carbon footprint had to be offset. its ultimate goal for LNG deliveries was carbon
“This first LNG shipment, whose carbon neutrality.
emissions have been offset throughout the value These cargoes and tender represent only a
chain, represents a new step as we seek to sup- very small fraction of the LNG market, but have
port our customers towards carbon neutrality,” nonetheless attracted considerable attention.
stated Total’s president for gas, Laurent Vivier. More can be expected. ™

Enagas, Edison team up for small-

scale Italian LNG supply

ITALY SPANISH gas infrastructure operator Enagas statement.
has joined Italian firm Edison’s project to build Edison in November 2018 signed a long-term
Edison is building a small-scale LNG plant in Ravenna in northern agreement with shipowner Knutsen for the char-
a plant capable of Italy, the companies said on October 23. The pair tering of a 30,000 cubic metre LNG supply vessel
meeting the fuel needs have also agreed to work together in developing to serve the Ravenna plant.
of 12,000 trucks and an LNG supply chain from Enagas’ Mediterra- The use of LNG as a transport fuel is on the
up to 48 ferries. nean terminals, in particular its facility in Barce- rise in Europe, as more companies view it as a
lona, to Edison’s customers. solution for curbing emissions. Unlike more
Edison, owned by French energy giant EDF, conventional fuels, LNG produces virtually no
has agreed to transfer a 19% stake in the LNG sulphur oxides or particulate matter. It produces
project’s operator Depositi Italiani GNL to Ena- 90% less nitrogen oxides and 25% less carbon
gas. Depositi Italiani GNL was set up as a joint dioxide in maritime transport versus conven-
venture between Edison and Petrolifera Italo tional fuels, according to Edison, while achiev-
Rumena (PIR) in 2018. ing cuts of 60% and 20% respectively in road
Edison will keep hold of a 51% interest in the transport.
project while PIR will retain 30%. Both Edison and Enagas are already involved
Construction work at the site is 70% com- in small-scale LNG supply in their respective
plete, with operations scheduled to start in Octo- countries. ™
ber 2021. The plant will store up to 20,000 cubic
metres of LNG and provide over 1mn tonnes in
annual supply. This is enough gas to meet the fuel
needs of 12,000 trucks and up to 48 ferries.
“Collaboration in projects like this will allow
the development of solid logistics chains from
our terminals, and will promote, in accordance
with EU directives, the implementation of sus-
tainable mobility thanks to LNG in the Mediter-
ranean,” Enagas CEO Marcelino Oreja said in a

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