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The facility will be connected to Qatar’s elec- addition to our portfolio marks an important
tricity transmission grid, through which it will step towards our low-carbon LNG growth
receive power from the 800-MW Al-Kharsaah objectives, a key pillar of TotalEnergies’ trans-
solar farm, as well as a facility that QatarEn- formation into a sustainable multi-energy com-
ergy is now building in Ras Laffan. (The French pany. It will also further strengthen our ability,
major is a partner in the former project and is together with Qatar, to support Europe’s energy
assisting QatarEnergy with the latter.) security.”
Patrick Pouyanné, the chairman and CEO of Meanwhile, Qatari Energy Minister and
TotalEnergies, hailed the signing of the deal with President and CEO of QatarEnergy HE Saad bin
QatarEnergy. Sherida Al Kaabi said: “QatarEnergy is moving
“Qatar’s ambitious leadership in further forward, to help meet growing global demand
developing its natural gas resources through for cleaner energy, of which LNG is the back-
this expansion project, which ranks among the bone for a serious and realistic energy transition.
world’s most competitive in terms of costs and We are committing significant investments to
low emissions, will make a major contribution lower the carbon intensity of our energy prod-
to increasing LNG supply in the years to come,” ucts, which constitutes a key pillar of QatarEn-
he said. “We consider Qatar as a long-term stra- ergy’s sustainability and energy transition
tegic country for TotalEnergies, and this latest strategy.” ™

RWE signs documents with

ADNOC on LNG supplies

MIDDLE EAST GERMANY’S RWE revealed on September 25 to the Brunsbuettel floating storage and regasi-
that it had signed documents with Abu Dhabi fication unit (FSRU) near Hamburg, it reported.
National Oil Co. (ADNOC) of the UAE on LNG RWE stressed that this shipment would mark
supplies. ADNOC’s entry into the German LNG market
In a statement, RWE explained that one of at a time when the country was working to
the documents was an agreement under which expand the range of its suppliers. “This marks
ADNOC would make its first commercial an important milestone in building up an LNG
delivery of LNG to Germany. This shipment supply infrastructure in Germany and setting up
will consist of 137,000 cubic metres of LNG and a more diversified gas supply,” it said.
will arrive at the Elbehafen LNG terminal in late It also noted that the two companies had
December, it said. ADNOC will load the fuel at signed a memorandum of understanding
its 6mn tonne per year (tpy) Das Island LNG (MoU) concerning future shipments of LNG
plant offshore Abu Dhabi and ship it by tanker from the UAE to Germany.

ADNOC will load the LNG at Das Island and deliver it to the Brunsbuettel FSRU (Photo: RWE)

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