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Importance of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals

Brussels,Belgium,Europe -NGVA Europe -January 10, 2011: -- The recent revision of the European Commission’s Trans-European Energy Network (TEN-E) policy highlights the importance of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals to cover Europe’s future increasing demand for natural gas...  The Commission report identifies various projects of re-gasification terminals across the EU, some are already under implementation, others are planned...  

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The report says that the energy networks currently in place are dated and are not designed to cope with the energy challenges faced today. The analysis finds that additional capacity will be required to meet demand. It assessed that planned pipelines will be sufficient to provide this capacity for demands in 2020, but that beyond 2020 new LNG terminals and developments in storage and reverse flow infrastructure will also be required...