Repsol to Add Santander LNG Bunkering Terminal Subsequent 12 months

Santander can have LNG as a bunker gas obtainable from subsequent 12 months. File Picture / Pixabay

Spanish vitality producer Repsol plans so as to add a terminal for LNG as a bunker gas on the northern Spanish port of Santander subsequent 12 months.

The terminal can have 1,000 m3 of storage capability and is anticipated to come back into operation within the first half of 2023, Repsol stated in an emailed assertion on Friday.

The transfer follows the set up of an analogous facility on the neighbouring port of Bilbao in July.

“The services are a part of the collaboration settlement that Repsol formalized in 2019 with Brittany Ferries for the availability of LNG as marine gas for its operations in Spain,” Repsol stated within the assertion.

“Amongst its fleet, the vessel Salamanca performs common operations at this terminal.

“Solely the gasification of the Salamanca and Santoña vessels working from Bilbao and Santander will enable avoiding greater than 73,000 tons of CO2 per 12 months.

“These LNG terminals are, thus, one other instance of the Repsol’s dedication to the decarbonization of mobility, with a multi-technological method utilizing all obtainable options to succeed in internet zero emissions by 2050.”

The LNG bunker trade has grown quickly prior to now 5 years with pure gasoline rising because the dominant different gas, and provide has now been established at most main hubs and is being rolled out steadily to the smaller bunkering ports. However shipowners with gas-powered tonnage are actually more and more asking for bio- and artificial LNG to be added as provide choices as a way of additional reducing GHG emissions.