Friday, July 22, 2022

Germany Plans Five Floating LNG Terminals

From Reuters via Hellenic Shipping News, July 20: 

Germany says fifth floating LNG terminal to be built by end of 2022

A fifth floating liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal will be built in Germany by a private consortium, in addition to the four already planned by the government, the country’s economy ministry said on Tuesday.

The fifth terminal, to be located in Lubmin, about 250 km (155 miles) north of Berlin, should be built by the end of this year, according to the ministry.

Lubmin and Stade, near Hamburg, were also announced by the ministry on Tuesday as the sites of two of the planned government terminals.

Those sites, part of Germany’s strategy to wean itself off Russian energy as quickly as possible, are in addition to two in Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbuettel that were already announced....

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