LNG terminal in Eemshaven handled 92 ships for Czechia, delivering 14 months' worth of gas

The liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, which has been operating since September 2022, has handled a total of 92 ships carrying gas for Czechia in its four years of operation. The ships brought a total of 8.2 billion cubic metres of gas, equivalent to around 14 months of domestic gas consumption and more than four years of consumption by all Czech households. Imports have continued this year at the same pace as last year, despite the crisis in the Middle East. The energy company ČEZ told the Czech News Agency. According to the company, the deliveries contained no Russian gas, and most of the ships came from the United States.

Eemshaven was the first LNG terminal to start operating in Europe since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, with the first ship arriving there in September 2022. The facility can process eight billion cubic metres of gas a year, of which up to three billion can be sent to the Czech Republic. In addition to ČEZ, other prominent energy companies have booked capacity at the terminal: British-Dutch Shell and France’s Engie.