Woodside Power has shipped an LNG cargo to Europe on board the Woodside Rees Withers from Australia’s North West Shelf and delivered it to Uniper World Commodities SE.
The cargo of roughly 75 000 t of LNG (100 million m3 of pure gasoline) was delivered on 27 November 2022 to the Gate Terminal positioned on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, and can contribute to pure gasoline provide in Northwest and Central Europe.
Woodside Govt Vice President Advertising and marketing & Buying and selling, Mark Abbotsford, mentioned the corporate was happy to have concluded the commerce at a time when Europe is in pressing want of other sources of gasoline to exchange Russian pipeline provides.
“Occasions over the course of 2022 have proven that the world can not take dependable and reasonably priced provides of vitality as a right, notably as we try to decarbonise.
“At such instances, it’s extra essential than ever that consumers and sellers work collectively to flexibly reply to market dynamics. Our relationship with Uniper is an instance of such cooperation.
“The supply of a North West Shelf LNG cargo to Europe additionally highlights the function that Australian LNG can play in supporting world vitality safety,” Abbotsford added.
Uniper’s Director LNG, Andreas Gemballa, commented: “We proceed to work on securing the a lot wanted gasoline provide into Europe from dependable sources like Australia and thus serving to to strengthen safety of provide in the course of the ongoing disaster triggered by the Russian conflict.
“Along with bringing on-line FSRUs in Germany, we’re contracting LNG from diversified sources into current and new regasification capability in Europe. Woodside as a dependable provider helps us to deliver extra LNG to Europe.”
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