Norway's Equinor books capacity at Lithuanian LNG terminal

KN Energies AB

07/06/2021 07:51

VILNIUS, June 7 (Reuters) - Norwegian  oil and gas company
Equinor  EQNR.OL  booked capacity for the first time to import
liquified natural gas (LNG) to Lithuania's LNG terminal, its
operator Klaipedos Nafta  KNF1L.VL  said.
    Three companies including Equinor booked import capacity
totalling 8.9 terrawatt hours (TWh) of LNG during initial
bidding for the period of 12 months beginning Oct. 1, Klaipedos
Nafta said.
    About half of terminal's annual import capacity of 39 TWh
was used in 2019 and 2020, said.
    The terminal is connected to gas grids of Lithuania, Latvia,
Estonia and Finland. A link to Poland is due to open at the end
of 2021.

 (Reporting by Andrius Sytas in Vilnius, editing by Louise
Heavens)
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