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

1. 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

2. BBL
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

3. 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

4. ALTERNATIVE LNG SOURCE:
SMALL-SCALE LIQUEFACTION UNITS AND LBG
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Source: Engie

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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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5 65
316
819
1668
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

8. Small scale LNG developments:
LNG for ships8

9. 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)

10. Gastech 2014 04 2610
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

14. Small scale LNG developments:
LNG for trucks
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15. 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

16. FLUXYS’ 1ST LNG REFUELING STATION IN OPERATION
SINCE OCTOBER 2014
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• Location: Veurne
• Partners:

17. CNG (Compressed natural gas)
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18. (BIO-)CNG REFUELING STATION
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Sources: US DPT Energy, Fortis BC, NGVA Europe, DATS24
Biomethane

19. EXPANDING NETWORK ACROSS EUROPE…
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Source: NGVA Europe

20. …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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