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Gasunie secures Netherlands’

second FSRU

TERMINALS THE Netherlands’ Gasunie is to charter an FSRU the Dutch gas network. This allows us to import
from New Fortress Energy for five years as part extra gas from countries other than Russia,” Cli-
of plans to develop up to 8bcm per year of LNG mate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten said in a
import capacity. tweet at the end of April.
The 5-year FSRU charter agreement will This new terminal capacity will increase
begin in Q3 2022 and provide storage and regas- energy security for The Netherlands and cre-
ification capacity for Gasunie’s new LNG import ate sufficient LNG import capacity to meet the
terminal in the port of Eemshaven, New Fortress country’s gas needs without relying on pipeline
Energy said in a statemet. imports, including gas from Russia.
It will be the second vessel to be installed at “We are pleased to be working with Gasunie,
the port after Gasunie sealed a similar tie-up one of Europe’s leading energy infrastructure
with Exmar. companies, to add LNG import capacity and
The Eems Energy Terminal will feature two strengthen the energy security of the Nether-
FSRUs and add 8 bcm per year of new regasifi- lands and surrounding European countries,” said
cation capacity for NW Europe, with expected Wes Edens, Chairman and CEO of New Fortress
start-up in Q3 2022. Energy.
The FSRU will provide 170,000 cubic metres “We look forward to a successful, long-term
of storage capacity gas, with a peak regasification partnership with Gasunie and see other areas for
capacity of 25 mcm per day (900 mmscfd). collaboration to enhance energy security and
NFE’s FSRU will work in tandem with accelerate energy transition in Europe.”
Exmar’s FSRU to provide up to 8 bcm per year of The binding FSRU charter agreement is sub-
total regas capacity. ject to the execution of definitive documentation
The vessel will provide a core component which is expected to be completed in the coming
of Gasunie’s Eems Energy Terminal which will weeks.
immediately address the urgent energy secu- Ulco Vermeulen, member of the Executive
rity needs of the Netherlands and surround- Board of Gasunie, is pleased with the coopera-
ing region as the US-EU Task Force on Energy tion with New Fortress Energy: “This decisive
Security continues to implement the March 25 cooperation with NFE enables us to increase
joint statement by Presidents Biden and von der the security of supply of natural gas in the Neth-
Leyen. erlands from Eemshaven (Northern Nether-
This is part of the Dutch government’s policy lands) as early as this autumn. This new terminal
of ending Russian gas imports by the end of 2022. capacity will increase energy security for the
The Netherlands have refused to pay in Russian Netherlands and North-West Europe and cre-
gas in rubles, as the Russian government has ate additional LNG import capacity to reduce
insisted. dependence on Russian gas. With this expan-
“Today on a working visit to the Eemshaven sion of the terminal we will be able to facilitate
in Groningen. A floating LNG terminal will be the high demand for LNG supply in the market

located here from August. This means that LNG in the next five years,” said Vermeulen.™
can be stored and converted into natural gas for

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