LNG news in Europe

Gate terminal B.V has selected VINCI Construction Grands Projets – Entrepose Contracting, Sener, and Sacyr Proyecta to execute the expansion of the terminal with a fourth LNG storage tank.

ConocoPhillips has announced the signing of a commercial agreement to secure additional regasification capacity in Europe at the Gate LNG terminal in the Netherlands.

Grain LNG has launched an auction for 375 GWh/d (approximately 9 million tpy) of existing capacity.

Molgas Energy Holding has joined forces with Enagás to collaborate in the start-up of El Musel.

Commonwealth LNG has entered into a Heads of Agreement with MET Group, an integrated European energy company headquartered in Switzerland, for the sale and purchase of 1 million tpy of LNG for 20 years from the Commonwealth LNG facility currently under development in Cameron, Louisiana.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that global LNG import capacity is set to expand by 16% by the end of 2024 compared with 2022.

Oman LNG has announced the signing of a binding term-sheet agreement with Secure Energy for Europe to supply 0.4 million tpy of LNG starting from 2026.

Titan has performed the first two ship-to-ship LNG bunker operations in Hamburg.

After having been sub-leased outside the company since October 2022, Kairos, an LNG bunker supply vessel, has now returned to Gasum’s own bunkering fleet.

Gate terminal and its shareholders, Gasunie and Vopak, have announced that the final investment decision has been taken to expand Gate terminal’s storage and regasification capacity.