RE: Gas prices7 Aug 2021 10:05
Achilles LNG is only normally used where it is difficult to get a mains gas supply. It is expensive to produce as some of the gas constituents need to be firstly removed such as carbon dioxide which would otherwise freeze when turning the gas to a cold cryogenic state at minus 160 degrees . It may surprise some that in the UK there are still some towns in Scotland supplied by LNG that are not on the National Grid network. The Scottish Independent Networks (SINs) comprise four independent gas networks and these networks serve around 8,000 consumers
located in remote regions in Scotland, namely in, Wick, Thurso, Oban, and Campbeltown.
My point here is that LNG is expensive to produce and the market is quite limited due to normally supplying an industrial area or large power station. The real money is getting the gas into the European grid via our proposed pipeline. Saying that it cannot be underestimated how good the take or pay contract is for the LNG as if the customer dosen't take the gas they still have to pay for it anyway and these contracts are long term so guaranteed long term income.