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Gazprom makes first LNG delivery to Britain
AFP
MOSCOW
Petroleumworld.com 04 12 06Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Tuesday that it had made its first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Britain.
The state-controlled group delivered 140,000 cubic metres (4.9 million cubic feet) of GNL to British energy company BP, the equivalent of 85 million cubic metres of natural gas, it said.
LNG is natural gas that has been condensed into a liquid via a condensation process. It is about one six-hundredth the volume of natural gas in normal atmospheric conditions and is therefore suited to transportation in tankers.
The delivery was made to BP's LNG gas terminal on the Isle of Grain in the Medway river to the east of London.
The LNG was bought by Gazprom from French group Gaz de France. In November, Russian gas giant Gazprom agreed a deal with Gaz de France to exchange pipelined natural gas for liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The Russian company has already made two deliveries of LNG to the US and is taking advantage of the technology to enter new markets.
AFP 04 11 2006 1820 GMTCopyright © 1994-2006 Agence France-Presse. All Rights Reserved.
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