LNG

Denmark, one of the largest energy traders in LNG and gas and power in the Nordic market, has brought pipeline natural gas supplies to two of the nation’s isolated areas.

The Danish Energy Agency has issued permits for Energinet and Evida to put the Lolland-Falster pipeline into operation on Danish maritime territory in Storstrømmen and Guldborg Sund.

“The Danish Energy Agency has granted a license to Energinet for the commissioning and operation of the Lolland-Falster gas pipeline on Danish lake territory in Storstrømmen and a licence to Evida for commissioning and operation of the pipeline on Danish territory in Guldborg Sund,” said the Agency.

The Lolland-Falster pipeline in Danish waters is part of a larger gas pipeline project between Everdrup on Zealand and Nakskov on Lolland.

Capacity

The gas pipeline runs as an underwater pipeline at the water crossings at Storstrømmen and Guldborg Sund.

The total length of the pipeline route is around 115 kilometres (72 miles) long and the pipeline can transport up to 290 million cubic metres of natural gas per year.

According to the timetables of both companies commissioning is planned for 30 August 2024.

The Agency said the nation’s consumption of natural gas fell by more than 10 percent in 2023 while the share of bio-natural gas made from waste increased its share of the energy mix.

Denmark is part of the changing Nordic regional energy market where Norway is an LNG exporter and Sweden and Finland are LNG importers, while the Norwegians and Swedes additionally supply power to Denmark.

Additionally the Danes are a conduit for pipeline gas supplies to the Baltic region.

Natural gas consumption in Denmark amounted to around 1.7 billion cubic metres for all of last year, a decrease compared with the previous year.

Natural gas use by the Danes peaked in 2006 at 5.3 Bcm per annum.

The United Kingdom by comparison has much larger natural gas consumption.

UK gas use averaged around 7.4 Bcm per month during the past winter and 72 Bcm for the year, down from almost 79 Bcm in the previous year.

Denmark, the European Union nation with LNG, pipeline gas and renewables power trading players in Copenhagen, said it had officially exited the gas crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine by persuading citizens to use less gas.

March 22 (LNGJ) – French major TotalEnergies has restarted production from the Tyra hub in the Danish North Sea after the completion of a major redevelopment project. “At plateau, the Tyra hub will produce 5.7 million cubic metres of gas and 22,000 barrels of condensate per day, once again making Denmark self-sufficient and a net exporter of natural gas,” said the Paris-based company.

   “We are pleased to restart the Tyra hub, one of the most technologically advanced offshore gas installations in the world. The success of this major redevelopment project owes a lot to the commitment of our teams, our partners and our contractors,” explained Nicolas Terraz, President of Exploration and Production at TotalEnergies. The French company holds a 42.2 percent stake in the hub, BlueNord owns 36.8 percent and Nordsøfonden has 20 percent.

Demark, one of the few European Union members in northwest Europe without LNG import infrastructure, said the nation’s consumption of natural gas fell by 29 percent last year and contributed to overall energy consumption falling by 1.5 percent as the nation improved its energy self-sufficiency.

McDermott International, the US energy and LNG engineering company, has successfully completed the sail away of the Tyra East gas processing module for the Tyra Redevelopment Project, a crucial part of Denmark's natural gas production hub.