Status: 09/26/2022 10:01 AM
The first batch of liquid gas from the UAE is scheduled to arrive at the Brunsbüttel LNG terminal in December. A similar contract was signed during Chancellor Schulze’s visit to Abu Dhabi.
The German government has gone a step further in its search for a short-term alternative to gas no longer supplied by Russia: the first shipment of liquefied gas from the United Arab Emirates is expected in December, as was the case. The announcement was made during Federal Chancellor Olaf Schultz’s visit to the United Arab Emirates.
Essen-based energy group RWE has signed a contract with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the United Arab Emirates for an initial delivery of 137,000 cubic meters of LNG. It is due to arrive at the new LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel at the mouth of the Elbe River in December. According to RWE, a memorandum on multi-year deliveries was signed from 2023. The group spoke of a „milestone” in the development of Germany’s LNG supply infrastructure and for the development of diversified gas supplies.
As was the case with the delivery of diesel fuel. According to the official news agency (WAM), an agreement has been reached with the German Heuer Group to produce up to 250 thousand tons of diesel per month.
’We’ll get through this winter’
Scholz was confident about the upcoming heating season. He said the federal government had taken far-reaching decisions that would contribute to securing Germany’s supplies „to an extent not expected for months.” „Now that autumn has just begun, we can say we are getting through this winter.”
Energy Partnership with Emirates Airlines
Daniel Hechler, ARD Cairo, Daily Bulletin 5:45 pm, September 26, 2022
The construction of stations on the coasts of northern Germany, the expansion of capacities to import liquid gas and more opportunities to import gas from, for example, Holland and Norway contributed to this. All this means that storage facilities can be filled. In addition, coal-fired power plants will continue to be used and it will be ensured that nuclear power plants in the south can continue to operate.
to the future Controversial gas surcharges The counselor said evasively. The commission set up for this purpose met for the first time on Saturday and the work was „very constructive”.
No more dependence on a partner
The Federal Chancellor stressed the importance of relying on as many suppliers as possible to supply energy. Reliance on a single supplier „definitely won’t happen to us again,” Schultz said. One no longer wants to be limited to a few suppliers, as in the past, „but to have a wide range of sources in order to be able to ensure Germany’s energy security”.
Development of LPG production in the world
Referring to the expansion of gas production in the Gulf countries, he added: „It is important that such projects are completed everywhere, and we must make sure that the world’s LNG production is advanced enough to meet the existing high demand, they can be serviced without the need for resort to the existing production capacities in Russia. This is related to all the gas projects underway around the world.
“We can now say we may get through this winter,” Chancellor Schultz, on the first results of the Bay Area visit
Tajischau 2:00 PM, 25.9.2022
Development towards a climate neutral economy
It is about long-term development towards a climate-neutral economy. “And this can only succeed in close cooperation with countries that have played such a major role in providing fossil resources and continuing to invest on a large scale for their own benefit, so that they can contribute to a world of the future that contributes to the world’s energy supply,” Schultz said.
The conflict in Yemen was also a topic during Schulze’s visit to the Gulf region. He thanked Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for their efforts to bring about a ceasefire in the civil war-torn country. „Both countries, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are largely in favor of the peaceful development of Yemen,” Schultz said. They worked to stabilize the situation in Yemen. Among other things, referring to Riyadh’s previous role in Yemen, Germany banned arms exports to Saudi Arabia. The conflict is a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The official Emirates News Agency (WAM) said that Emirati President Mohammed bin Sajid and Schultz described „cooperation, dialogue and the priority of diplomatic solutions” as essential in dealing with „various problems and crises.”
Qatar has the third largest gas reserves in the world
Until Russia’s aggressive war on Ukraine, Germany still got 55 percent of its natural gas from Russia. Deliveries from there have largely been halted and German gas suppliers are looking for new sources of supply.
The United Arab Emirates has the seventh largest natural gas reserves in the world. Qatar has the third largest gas reserves in the world and is a major exporter of liquefied natural gas. So far there are no concrete supply agreements with Qatar, and Schulz’s visit there has not changed anything. Qatar was the last leg of his journey through the Gulf region. „We want to make more progress there,” Schultz said after meeting Prince Tamin bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
Federal Economy Minister Robert Habeck visited Qatar in March Energy PartnershipOccurred.
The following comparison shows that the contract now concluded with the United Arab Emirates is only the first small step: according to the operator, on February 1 alone, before the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, gas flowed with an energy volume of 1.76 billion kWh. Northern Pipeline Stream 1. The first delivery of 137,000 cubic meters of liquid gas to RWE by ship from the UAE, which has now been agreed, corresponds to about 0.95 billion kWh – less than the amount transported via the North. Stream 1 in one day in February.
Schultz after a trip to the Gulf countries
Myriam Staber, Cairo, September 25, 2022, 7:09 pm
