Factbox: Germany's LNG import project plans

Fluxys Belgium SA

02/09/2022 11:34

(Adds fifth government charter for 2023/24 winter)
    FRANKFURT, Sept 2 (Reuters) - German is acquiring liquefied
natural gas (LNG) terminals as part of its efforts to diversify
away from Russian gas.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2V802B urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2WH0XH
    It leased four floating storage and regasification units
(FSRUs) in May capable of importing at least 5 billion cubic
metres (bcm) of seaborne gas per year, two of them due to become
available this year.
    Wilhelmshaven will become the first LNG hub and Brunsbuettel
the second, to be developed by Uniper  UN01.DE  and RWE
 RWEG.DE , respectively.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2WX0IV urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2WX7BE 
    The Elbe river port of Stade and Lubmin on the Baltic Sea
will receive the two other FSRUs, the economy ministry said in
July.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2Z04ZP
    
    WILHELMSHAVEN
    Uniper has received approval for the immediate start of
construction of an FSRU facility, with activity to begin from
the end of 2022.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2ZE40M 
    Later it wants to import ammonia and set up an electrolysis
plant for turning ammonia into clean hydrogen.
    On Sept. 1, the economy ministry said a fifth
state-chartered FSRU will come to Wilhelmshaven in winter
2023/24. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL6N30806K urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3083N4
    
    BRUNSBUETTEL
    An FSRU at Brunsbuettel is expected to deliver gas from the
end of 2022 or early in 2023 and serve as a forerunner of a
fixed LNG facility.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2WX0IV 
    Dutch gas network operator Gasunie, which has a 40% stake in
the FSRU project, is planning two related gas pipelines.
    State bank KfW  KFW.UL  and RWE are stakeholders in the
fixed facility. Shell  SHEL.L  has committed itself to some
guaranteed purchases.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2V802B  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2VQ3QH
    
    STADE
    Project operator Hanseatic Energy Hub (HEH), due to receive
an FSRU to go into operation from the end of next year,
previously launched invitations to market participants to book
regasification capacity at a planned land-based hub.
    This could materialise in 2026, and be ready to accommodate
ammonia later on.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2Y14ZM 
    It is backed by gas network firm Fluxys  FLUX.BR , 
investment firm Partners Group  PGHN.S , logistics group Buss
and chemicals company Dow  DOW.N .
    EnBW  EBKG.DE  has committed itself as a buyer.
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    Applications for the terminal and port have been submitted.
A final investment decision is expected next year.
    
    LUBMIN
    The operators of the state-leased FSRU destined for Lubmin
expect it to be operational at the end of 2023 at the earliest,
according to economy ministry.
    Another FSRU might be taken into service even earlier by a
private consortium, it has said.

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 (Reporting by Vera Eckert; editing by Jan Harvey and Jason
Neely)
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