The president of Engie is calmly considering the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe next winter despite the absence of Russian gas on which the continent was dependent before the invasion of Ukraine, a-t- he stated in an interview with “the Tribune” Tuesday April 25.
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“At this stage, we are confident that we will get through next winter without major difficulties. We will have to manage to regain the energy savings of the previous winter and be very attentive to access to LNG”said Jean-Pierre Clamadieu to the economic newspaper.
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After stopping the supply of Russian gas to Western Europe by gas pipeline, the latter is “managed to spend the winter (…) largely thanks to the reduction in energy consumption, which has been remarkable: by 13% for gas, excluding the weather effect during the winter of 2022/2023”welcomed the president of the French energy company.
“We are not at all in tension”
“For now, the indicators are green. On average, between 150 and 160 LNG ships land each month in Europe, compared to 40 before the crisis”noted Jean-Pierre Clamadieu.
“We have also maximized import capacities via gas pipeline outside Russia, in particular from Norway, which has become Europe’s leading gas supplier. Today, we are at just over 50% fill rate for European storage levels, which is unheard of. In France, we are around 35%. We are not energized at all. »
At the beginning of April, the United States and the European Union indicated that they wanted to maintain “a high level” in 2023 deliveries to Europeans of LNG, whose doubling in 2022 has helped the Twenty-Seven to reduce their dependence on Russian hydrocarbons. The United States exported some 56 billion cubic meters of LNG to the EU in 2022, compared to 22 billion in 2021, a jump of 140%.
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Brussels had then indicated that the gas reserves of the Europeans were filled to 56%, in accordance with its forecast of around 50% expected for the end of the winter, and at a level almost twice as high as that usually observed at this time of year. The Twenty-Seven have set themselves the objective of filling their reserves to 90% by November.
