LNG

The German Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has rejected the first of two appeals brought by farmers in Northern Germany over the temporary confiscation of their land so that natural gas pipelines could be constructed and linked to an existing floating LNG import terminal at Brunsbüttel on the Elbe River and a planned onshore terminal nearby.

The German Association of Gas Transmission System Operators (FNB Gas), which groups a dozen companies overseeing 40,000 kilometres of natural gas pipeline flows and other infrastructure, has published its development and implementation plan through 2030, including up to 200 gas projects and provisions for just two LNG import terminals.