Hydrocarbon Processing - June 2021 - GP-6

GAS PROCESSING NEWS
A. BLUME, Editor-in-Chief
Scotland launches
biomethane
refueling
CNG Fuels has started building
Scotland's first public access
renewable biomethane heavy
goods vehicle (HGV) refueling
station, which will allow fleet
operators to run their vehicles on
low-carbon fuel, support net zero
plans and save money.
The station, located at the
Eurocentral industrial estate off
the M8 near Bellshill, will refuel
up to 450 lorries per day when it
opens in November 2021, enabling
HGVs to make low-carbon
deliveries across Scotland. Most
of England and Wales is already
within a 300-mi round trip of a
biomethane refueling station, and
the new facility will put Inverness
and Aberdeen within this range.
Renewable biomethane is
the lowest-carbon, most costeffective
alternative to diesel for
HGVs-it is 35%-40% cheaper
and cuts vehicle greenhouse gas
emissions by up to 85%. From
2021, CNG Fuels will dispense fully
carbon-neutral fuel by sourcing
biomethane from manure.
Excelerate,
ExxonMobil, Albania
study LNG terminal
Excelerate Energy LP,
ExxonMobil LNG Market
Development Inc. and the
Republic of Albania have agreed
to conduct a feasibility study for
the potential development of an
LNG project at the Port of Vlora in
Southern Albania.
Under the MOU, Excelerate
will conduct a study to explore
the potential of an integrated
LNG-to-power solution that
includes developing an LNG
import terminal, converting
and/or expanding the existing
Vlora thermal power plant, and
establishing small-scale LNG
distribution to Albania and the
surrounding Balkans region.
Albania relies on hydropower
plants, which can become
unreliable during times of
drought. LNG would bring reliable,
affordable, and cleaner energy
to the region and complement
Albania's hydropower-based
electricity production. ExxonMobil
will identify opportunities to
support the supply of LNG into
Albania. The project pre-feasibility
report is expected to be delivered
in Q3 2021, while the targeted
startup for the LNG import project
could be as early as 2023.
India welcomes first FSRU
India's first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), the Höegh Giant, arrived at H-Energy's Jaigarh
Terminal in Maharashtra on April 12, sailing from Keppel Shipyard in Singapore. The arrival of the FSRU marks
a new chapter in India's mission for accelerated growth of LNG infrastructure. The country aims to increase the
share of natural gas in its energy mix from the present 6% to 15% by 2030.
The 2017-built Höegh Giant has storage capacity of 170,000 m3
and installed regasification capacity of
750 MMft3
d (equivalent to about 6 MMtpy). H-Energy has chartered the FSRU for a 10-yr period. Höegh
Giant will deliver regasified LNG to the 56-km-long Jaigarh-Dabhol natural gas pipeline, connecting the LNG
terminal to the national gas grid.
The facility will also deliver LNG through truck-loading facilities for onshore distribution and is capable of
reloading LNG onto small-scale LNG vessels for bunkering services. H-Energy intends to develop a small-scale
LNG market in the region, using the FSRU for storage and reloading LNG onto smaller vessels.
Novatek to offer 60% stake
in Arctic LNG 2
Russian independent LNG producer
Novatek is offering up to a 60% stake
in its Arctic LNG 2 project as collateral
for long-term financing of the project.
Novatek seeks to raise $11 B in external
financing and aims to secure the funds
by the first half of 2021.
The $21-B project, which received
final investment approval in 2019, is expected to be launched in 2023
and to reach its full capacity of almost 20 MMtpy in 2026. The project's
equity partners include Total, China National Petroleum Corp., China
National Offshore Oil Corp., Mitsui & Co. and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals
National Corp. In January 2021, Russia's Sberbank approved financing of
up to €3 B ($3.5 B) for the Arctic LNG 2 project.
Australia's gas supply gap delayed
to 2026
Plans by billionaire Andrew Forrest to ready an LNG import terminal
by 2022 mean that Australia will not suffer a gas supply shortfall until
2026-2 yr later than previously forecast, according to Australian Energy
Market Operator (AEMO). AEMO also noted that existing Victorian
production is declining faster than previously projected.
Gas producers' forecasts for maximum daily capacity from existing,
committed and anticipated southern fields in 2023 are nearly 20% lower
at present than they were 1 yr ago. Gas fields in the Gippsland Basin,
which largely supplies the southern states, are becoming exhausted and
losing flexibility to ramp up output during peak winter demand. LNG
imports and gas storage will be needed to cover peak demand.
Forrest's privately owned Squadron Energy won state approval
to build an LNG import terminal at Port Kembla in New South Wales,
with a startup target of late 2022. AEMO's forecast did not include a
controversial LNG import terminal proposed by AGL Energy, which is
awaiting approval from the Victorian government. If approved, AGL
expects to start importing gas by mid-2023. AEMO also highlighted
growing uncertainty in its demand forecasts as manufacturers switch
away from carbon-based fuels to renewable power and hydrogen.
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Ghana's Tema LNG
terminal to receive
first cargo
Tema LNG terminal in Ghana,
the first offshore LNG receiving
terminal in sub-Saharan Africa,
was scheduled to receive its first
LNG cargo at the end of May.
Tema LNG, consisting of separate
regasification and storage vessels,
is backed by Helios Investment
Partners and Africa Infrastructure
Investment Managers.
A long-term supply deal
between Royal Dutch Shell and
Ghana National Petroleum Corp.
supports the project. As of the
time of publication, the terminal
was ready for operation and
was awaiting an agreement
between Shell and Ghana
National Petroleum Corp. on
the first delivery date.
The terminal received its
floating regasification unit (FRU),
built by Jiangnan Shipbuilding, in
January. The LNG FRU is designed
for a regasification capacity
of around 1.7 metric MMtpy of
LNG and will be in operation for
approximately 20 yr.
The FSU will work in
conjunction with an upgraded,
127,500-m3
250 MMsft3
LNG carrier to deliver
d of natural gas. It will
also provide facilities to bunker,
reload or breakbulk LNG. Spanish
LNG terminal operator Reganosa
will run and maintain the terminal.
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