Natural gas and bio methane as fuel for transport h. aouad

BIO / L-CNG

SUPPLY CHAIN Workshop on “Natural gas and biomethane as a fuel for transport” TEN-T days, Riga, 23 June 2015 Hany AOUAD

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INTERCONNECTOR

NEL

TENP

TRANSITGAS

TAP

DUNKIRK

LNG TERMINAL

SWEDEGAS

FLUXYS: GAS INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY

LNG

terminalling

Transmission

Storage

Present in 9 countries

Major gas transit operator

Fully independent player

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ZEEBRUGGE

LNG TERMINAL

SOURCING LNG

ZEEBRUGGE LNG TERMINAL: 27 YEARS IN OPERATION

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• 1,500+ LNG carriers received

• 80 million tonnes LNG unloaded = 108 bcm of natural gas

• Since comissioning in 1987 no incidents with LNG or natural gas causing a fire

ALTERNATIVE LNG SOURCE:

SMALL-SCALE LIQUEFACTION UNITS AND LBG

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Source: Engie

UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF SMALL-SCALE LNG:

DEVELOPING DOWNSTREAM REFUELING INFRASTRUCTURE

LNG trailer*

Feeder ship Bunker barge

Bunker barge

Intermediate

storage

Fluxys

LNG

terminal

LNG

L-CNG

LNG

CNG

Cutting through the chicken-and-egg

situation: Fluxys to invest with

partners in downstream LNG chain

Truck fueling

station

* Alternatives: iso-container or rail car

LNG trailer*

Feeder ship Bunker barge

Bunker barge

Intermediate

storage

Fluxys

LNG

terminal

LNG

L-CNG

LNG

CNG

Loading of LNG trailers:

since 2010

Loading of bunker barges

& feeder ships

as from 2016

Truck fueling

station

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1st refueling station

in operation

since Oct. 2014

FLUXYS ACTIVELY SUPPORTING SMALL SCALE LNG

DEVELOPMENTS

* Alternatives: iso-container or rail car

LNG TRANSPORT BY ROAD: TRUCK LOADING SERVICE

• 18 active truck loading companies

• Capacity of 4,000 loadings/year

• Destinations: Belgium, France, The Netherlands, UK, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Italy

− Industrial sites without pipe gas supply

− LNG refueling stations

− LNG as fuel for shipping

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Small scale LNG developments: LNG for ships 8

PORTS OF ZEEBRUGGE AND ANTWERP: FIRST TRUCK-TO-

SHIP BUNKERING OPERATIONS FROM FLUXYS TERMINAL

SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED

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Bunkering of first LNG-fuelled tugboat

M/T Borgøy for Norwegian BUBE

(Buksér og Berging AS)

in Port of Zeebrugge (Feb 2014)

Bunkering of Argonon (Deen Shipping)

in Port of Antwerp (Dec 2012)

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2nd jetty under construction: commissioning 2015

Reception of LNG carriers with capacity from 2 000 to 217 000 m³ LNG (including LNG bunker carriers)

Long-term market for bunker vessel loading developing: c. 200 berthing slots already sold under long-term contracts

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2nd jetty under construction: commissioning 2015 Maritime Structure : built by Port Authority of Zeebrugge with MBG

EPC Contract : awarded to TSLNG (TECHINT-SENER)

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LNG bunker barges

Ship-to-ship bunkering

Refueling of remote intermediate LNG storage tanks

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Intermediate storage tank from 2.000 to

30.000 m³ LNG .

Refueling of maritime / shortsea ship

& of bunker barges

Remote LNG storage tanks /

bunkering terminal in ports

Small scale LNG developments: LNG for trucks

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CURRENT EU REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IS SUPPORTING

LNG DEVELOPMENTS IN ROAD TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES

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LNG refueling stations in EU

Source: LNG Blue corridor project

• EU directive on “Alternative Fuel Infrastructure for transport” encouraging member states in developing action plans to speed up infrastructure deployment

• EU funded “Blue corridor” project + other private initiatives boosting the number of LNG refueling stations

• Current EU stats:

o ~40 LNG refueling stations in operations (of which ~10 opened in 2014 incl. Veurne & Kallo in BE)

o ~1500 LNG trucks on the roads

o Strongest market growth in UK, NL, Spain, and Sweden. Most projects developed in cooperation with large truck fleet owners

• France, Germany, Italy and Belgium (+ Eastern Europe) are still lagging in terms of refueling infrastructure, limiting pan-European routes for road transport

Country LNG

stations

UK 11

E 11

NL 11

SE 6

BE 2

I 1

FR 0

D 0

East. EU 0

FLUXYS’ 1ST LNG REFUELING STATION IN OPERATION

SINCE OCTOBER 2014

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• Location: Veurne

• Partners:

CNG (Compressed natural gas)

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(BIO-)CNG REFUELING STATION

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Sources: US DPT Energy, Fortis BC, NGVA Europe, DATS24

Biomethane

EXPANDING NETWORK ACROSS EUROPE…

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Source: NGVA Europe

…LEADING TO MORE NGV’S IN EUROPE?

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CONCLUSIONS

• Unlocking the potential of natural gas as a fuel means developing

refueling infrastructure

> First steps were taken with strong support from TEN-T funding

> Extra support thanks to “Alternative fuel infrastructure directive”

> More infrastructure needed to develop markets

> (bio-)CNG & (bio-)LNG refueling stations

> Bunkering infrastructures for maritime transport

• Infrastructure is nothing without NGV’s (ships and trucks / cars)

> Extra efforts needed in:

> Innovation in power trains (400+ HP engine for heavy-duty trucks)

> Retrofit / new-build of LNG vessels

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