Fleming Europe’s annual LNG forum to be held Nov 7, Rotterdam
Gathered at one of Europe's largest hubs for Shipping, Logistics, and Refining, both ship's captains and captains of the Natural Gas industry, along with technologists and business executives meet in Rotterdam on November 7, 2013 at Fleming Europe's 2nd Annual Small Scale LNG Forum to steer LNG into the fuel tanks of an increasingly cost sensitive transport sector, the Fleming Europe’s press release said.
While a multitude of companies in the US are riding a wave of Shale Gas into the Small Scale LNG business, Europe's evolution has so far been a slower affair. Gas is expensive and thus, the “Small Scale” industry's primary actors are careful to develop very sound business case. However, evidence like the launch of the 2,800 passenger Viking Grace cruise ferry, Interstream Barging's pair of Greenstream Tankers, as well as Ship to Ship LNG bunkering services by AGA Gas AB's LNG fuelling vessel, Seagas, Europe's maritime industry has made its intentions clear.
However, just as critical to building this foundation is hauling LNG by truck and guaranteeing a reliable supply chain. Both fall under the competence of the continent’s expansive road haulage sector. Moving out of first gear has required considerable effort by leadership like Koos Blaazer, Ceo of LNGEurope, Bo Ramberg, Managing Director at FordonsGas, Sweden, and Pieterjan Renier, Fluxys, Belgium, Commercial Manager. Through their efforts, and those of participating speakers, both operators and suppliers from companies like Gasnor, Gasunie and Elengy, pioneering the lynchpins of an LNG supply chain, Europe can expect steady progress on LNG as fuel.
Even beyond Northern Europe, Small Scale LNG is causing a stir. Along the Danube, momentum is building to both fuel the Danube's future fleet and to join the river's other valuable petrochemical cargoes. Pro Danube International's General Secretary, Manfred Seitz, former Managing Director at Via Donau (Austria's Water Way Authority), envisions the Danube as its own “Blue Corridor”. With the oldest fleet of inland barges in Europe, he is building support to use their wide scale replace ment as a historic opportunity to make the fuel switch and simultaneously put in place the critical infrastructure necessary for the commercial use of LNG throughout the region's many logistic, manufacturing and industrial enterprises.
This revolution doesn't discriminate, liquified Biogas (Bio-LNG) holds great promise in upgrading large scale LNG cargoes to meet with pipeline spec values. Bio-LNG has also been finding its way into fuel tanks in the UK since 2008. Incubated by Gasrec, UK, 4300 tons of Bio-LNG per year have been produced from landfill gas. James Wescott, Gasrec's Commercial Projects Manager will bring us up to speed on the end user experience, supply chain, and Gasrec's progress in scaling up this truly renewable fuel source.
Last year's event saw Turkey's large scale adoption of Small Scale LNG, with BOTAS supplying LNG for roughly 3000 fully loaded tankers per month to cross the vast country and create a “virtual” pipeline network. Across Europe, LNG, in its small scale format, is now being readily pursued to address critical regulatory and market needs. Join to explore the business case of this tool at the cutting edge of innovation.
Established in Slovakia, Fleming Europe represents a Pan-European B2B networking channel for specialists to collect & share knowledge. Since 2004, the company has been encouraging decision makers in sharing their experiences through market leading conferences, trainings and webinars. The annual audience of 10,000 Banking, Energy, Oil & Gas, Telco and Transport peers benefit from insight on industry trends and apply them to their own business practices. Leading events in the Oil, Gas & Energy sectors include the 6th Annual Pipeline Integrity Management, Renewable Energy Finance and Infrastructure Summit, Effective Plant Shutdowns and Turnarounds, as well as Global and Small Scale LNG Forums.
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