Norway became Germany’s single-largest natural gas supplier in 2022, overtaking Russia, as total German gas imports dropped by 12.3% compared to 2021, the German Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur, said on Friday. Norway provided 33% of the gas Germany imported last year, followed by Russia, whose share fell to 22% for …
Read More »Germany Welcomes First US LNG Shipment
This week Uniper brought Germany’s first full cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a new LNG terminal, operated by Uniper, in Wilhelmshaven, the latest chapter in Europe’s great shift away from Russian energy sources. The LNG ship Maria Energy, owned by Tsakos Energy Navigation, was loaded with 170,000 cu …
Read More »Germany Stops Importing Oil from Russia via Pipeline
Germany halted imports of Russian oil via pipeline on January 1, following through on a previous pledge to stop buying Russian pipeline crude despite the fact that the EU embargo exempts pipeline flows from Russia to Europe. The EU embargo on imports of Russian crude oil by sea came into …
Read More »Germany’s Energy Crisis Powers Hydrogen Switch
From the moment Russian gas exports to Germany were first disrupted in June, German firm Kelheim Fibers began casting around for alternative options to keep its engines running. As a result, the Bavarian-based firm, whose fibres are used in anything from teabags to tampons, will be able to use heating …
Read More »Germany has Dramatically Slashed its Dependence on Russian Gas
Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has seen the share of Russian gas in its gas mix drop to some 20% this year from 55% last year, per data from energy lobby group BDEW cited by Bloomberg on Tuesday. Russia started gradually cutting gas supply via the Nord Stream pipeline to Germany …
Read More »TASS: Russia’s Transneft Receives Polish and German Requests for Oil
Russia’s Transneft has received requests for oil for 2023 from Poland and Germany, the state oil pipeline monopoly’s head told Rossiya-24 TV station, according to TASS news agency. The EU has pledged to stop buying Russian oil via maritime routes from December 5, with Western nations also imposing price caps …
Read More »Germany Opens First Floating Liquid Natural Gas Terminal
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other ministers inaugurated on Saturday morning (17 December) the country’s first liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal in Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany, a project expected to supply around 6% of the country’s energy demand. At the inauguration, Scholz stated that the rapid completion of the plant …
Read More »Germany Eyes Arrival of First LNG Vessel to Ease Gas Crunch
Germany’s first liquefied natural gas terminal arrived on the country’s north coast, the first of several specialist tankers Berlin is counting on to ease its energy crisis. The Hoegh Esperanza, a floating storage and regasification unit, or FSRU, moored at Wilhelmshaven Thursday, ahead of an opening ceremony Saturday to be …
Read More »Harsh Weather may Delay Germany’s Plans for First LNG Terminals
Germany’s plans to start imports of liquefied natural gas this month are at risk of being derailed by the weather. Strong wind, freezing temperatures, high waves — or a combination — have already interrupted some works on its first terminals, and could delay some of the projects due to launch …
Read More »Germany Officially Withdraws from Energy Charter Treaty
Germany has formally decided to abandon an international energy accord that fossil fuel companies had used to oppose measures against climate change, the country’s energy minister said Wednesday, AP reported. The move follows similar decisions by Italy, France, Spain, and other European countries to leave the 1998 Energy Charter Treaty, …
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