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“Siemens Gas and Power is committed
to supporting the LNG industry’s efforts
to reduce carbon emissions through the
application of proven equipment solutions and
by providing financial, technical development,
and strategic support to customers in the early
concept development and pre-FEED stages
of projects,” said Thorbjoern Fors, CEO for
Siemens Energy Oil & Gas Division. “We are
proud to continue these efforts by partnering
with Total to drive towards the lowest possible
plant emissions profile and attain the highest
degree of sustainability in LNG production.”
SIEMENS GAS AND POWER, June 11, 2020
The long-term fundamentals of programmes.
NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project remain “Thanks goes to our Joint Venture partners UTA expands service card
firmly intact, and development of the project Origin and Sinopec. Together we have
remains critically important to the future of invested in Australia and Australians with the supply network with LIQVIS
the global LNG and Texas oil and gas markets. vision of developing a leading gas business for
NEXTDECADE, June 07, 2020 years to come,” Mr Mckenna said. LNG service stations
CONOCOPHILLIPS AUSTRALIA, June 11, 2020
UTA, a leading provider of fuel and service
AUSTRAL ASIA cards in Europe, is expanding its own supply
EUROPE network to include LIQVIS GmbH’s LNG
500th LNG cargo departs Siemens partners with (liquefied natural gas) service stations. As of 1
April, UTA customers can refuel their vehicles
Australia Pacific LNG Total to advance concepts with liquefied natural gas (LNG) at LIQVIS
service stations without cash using the UTA
facility Full Service Card.
The Uniper subsidiary LIQVIS has been
ConocoPhillips Australia announced the for low-emissions LNG operating LNG service stations since 2017.
500th cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production They are located at strategic high-traffic
has been loaded and sailed from the Australia hubs e.g. in Kassel-Lohfelden and Berlin-
Pacific LNG facility on Curtis Island, in Siemens Gas and Power has entered into Grünheide. In order to meet the rising
Queensland. an agreement with Total, a broad energy demand for the alternative fuel LNG, the
ConocoPhillips Australia President, group, to advance new concepts for green German service station infrastructure is set
Nicholas McKenna, said the 500th cargo liquefied natural gas (LNG) production. As to be systematically expanded in the coming
marks a significant milestone for the Australia part of the contract, Siemens Gas and Power years. Additional LIQVIS service stations
Pacific LNG joint venture. is conducting studies to explore a variety of will be installed in the areas in and around
“Today we are celebrating the safe loading possible liquefaction and power generation Hamburg, Hannover and Bönen, among
and sailing of our 500th LNG cargo at the plant designs, with the ultimate goal of others.
Australia Pacific LNG facility, nearly four decarbonising the production of LNG. UTA, June 09, 2020
and a half years since our first cargo sailed in The studies are targeting key areas, such
January 2016 and ten years since we became as reducing the environmental footprint of 100% capacity of the LNG
part of the Gladstone community,” Mr LNG liquefaction facilities and the associated
McKenna said. greenhouse gas emissions, plant reliability, terminal in Swinoujscie
“Over the past ten years, Australia Pacific maintainability, regulatory compliance, and
LNG has played a key role in providing development costs. Concepts to be explored reserved
natural gas to local and East Coast customers, include the use of gas turbine- and electric-
as well as exporting LNG to international driven compression trains in conjunction with On May 29, Polskie LNG (a member of
customers that rely on a cleaner energy proven single-mixed refrigerant and double- GAZ-SYSTEM Group) signed an agreement
source. This is only possible through local mixed refrigerant technologies; selecting with PGNiG for regasification services which
employment, spending with Australian equipment that can minimize or eliminate will be available after the expansion of the
businesses and supporting the communities process flaring; and developing techniques President Lech Kaczynski LNG Terminal in
we operate in. to improve the efficiency of onsite power Swinoujscie.
“Since 2011, ConocoPhillips Australia, generation facilities (heat recovery systems, The conclusion of this agreement
as downstream operator of Australia Pacific inlet air chilling, supplementary firing, culminates 2020 open season procedure
LNG, has spent nearly a billion dollars with renewables integration, battery storage, etc.). launched in order to enable natural gas market
Gladstone based businesses, over $7bn with The studies are also exploring how to participants to submit offers for regasification
Queensland businesses and contributed more leverage digitalisation and automation services and additional services.
than $23mn to community organisations and platforms to optimize plant design and POLSKIE LNG, June 05, 2020
civic groups through community investment achieve seamless project execution.

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