Dutch terminal handled 21 LNG cargoes for Czechia in a year, equal to 27 pct of last year's consumption

The terminal in Eemshaven in the Netherlands handled 21 ships for the Czech Republic during its first year of operation. They carried around two billion cubic metres of gas, equivalent to roughly 27 percent of last year's domestic consumption. ČTK was informed today by ČEZ, which leases capacity at the terminal. According to the company, Russian gas was completely excluded from supplies to the terminal, with most shipments arriving by ship from the US.

The Eemshaven terminal began operating a year ago, in mid-September. At the time, it was the first liquefied natural gas terminal to come online in Europe since the start of the war in Ukraine. The facility can process up to eight billion cubic metres of gas a year, of which up to three billion are earmarked for Czechia, or about a third of the country's annual consumption. The Czech Republic, or rather ČEZ, has leased capacity at the terminal until 2027. Multinational companies Shell and Engie also use the terminal's capacity.