Outlooks diverge for German LNG projects
RWE remains bullish on Brunsbuettel while Uniper rethinks Wilhelmshaven
German utility RWE, which is signed up to take a “significant part of the capacity” of the proposed 5bn m³/yr LNG import facility in northwest Germany, remains confident of progress on the plant. But its peer Uniper is going back to the drawing board with a similar plan for a 10bn m³/yr project further along the country’s northwestern coast. “I can confirm that we expect the EPC contracts to be submitted by year-end,” says Markus Krebber, RWE’s CFO, while cautioning that the firm is not either the current or future operator of the planned facility. The Brunsbuettel terminal is bring advanced by a consortium of German logistics firm Oiltanking and Dutch infrastructure companies Vopak and Gasu
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