“Germany announced Thursday that it will charter an additional floating terminal for importing liquefied natural gas beyond the four it is already installing to try to replace flows from Russia.
Floating terminals are faster and cheaper to install than land-based projects. Germany aims to start at least two such facilities already this heating season, with the others planned for the following winter. Uniper SE and RWE AG will help supply the first two terminals.
Germany is leading Europe’s efforts to install LNG import terminals, but such plants are also planned in the Baltics, Italy and France. Two new Dutch LNG terminals are slated to start importing LNG already this month, easing Europe’s concerns just as Russia is slashing pipeline-gas deliveries.”
You can come and touch it.
“Drum roll, please! Alexander Lukashenko has unveiled the first “Belarusian computer” The only very minor drawback is that its parts are currently only 12% Belarusian, although he insists that will soon change”
https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1565271830532952070
Alberta could easily fill it all.
Hostile gov though.
‘Germany announced Thursday that it will charter an additional floating terminal for importing liquefied natural gas beyond the four it is already installing to try to replace flows from Russia.“
Those are just the German State owned ones that have been funded since the war started. There are three more privately owned floating terminals in Germany that have also been funded because of the war. The first of those is on track to begin operations by year’s end, as are two of the five that the Government is buying.
In addition to the other European Countries that you listed, Finland and Greece are getting some, as well.
The whole supply of those FSRU LNG ships have been booked for years to come for Europe, meaning none are left for Russia to use to expand their exports.
Similarly, there are not enough oil tanker ships in existence to handle the extra (over 2 Million barrels per day) loads that still go to Europe from Russia (2-7 days one way), to go to China instead (35 days one way). They would need about six times as many ships, and the surplus capacity is already now in use. When the resources are scarce, the rich Europeans will outbid the poor Russians.
The December 5th sanctions will hit Russian oil exports much harder than any so far.