En quelque sorte, la réponse du berger à la bergère
. C'est la première fois que je vois un argumentaire venant d'un gazier, qui laisse entendre que l'approvisionnement par pipe est moins intéressant que l'approvisionnement par méthanier.
Je ne serais pas contre les suppositions suivantes :
- dans l'approvisionnement par pipe, c'est Gazprom qui paye le pipe ; Gazprom a tellement de projets en cours que ses banquiers ont du lui dire de mettre la pédale douce
- les problèmes géopolitiques liés à l'implantation des pipes donnent le tournis
- la fonte des glaces au pôle Nord met le LNG en position de gagnant dans cette zone.
- c'est aussi un clin d'oeil à destination des USA, pour leur laisser entendre que Gazprom sera capable de livrer ce que les pipes canadiens auront du mal à faire.
D'ailleurs le Pôle Nord va bientôt changer de nom, et s'appeler le Pôle Gazprom.
Gazprom may seek partnerships in Liquefied Natural Gas projects
19 Mar 2007 bbj.huOAO Gazprom, the world's biggest natural-gas producer, is seeking partnerships to market liquefied natural gas and gain access to LNG terminals in the US and Europe.
Moscow-based OAO Gazprom wants to begin producing LNG to enter new markets, such as the US and Asia. Last year, it bought a controlling stake in Russia's first LNG project from Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. LNG is natural gas cooled to a liquid state for transportation by tanker. „We have gas supplies from third parties like BP and we are looking for similar agreements,” Vitaly Vasiliev, the CEO of Gazprom's UK-based marketing unit, Gazprom Marketing & Trading, said in an interview today at the company's headquarters in London. „We are actively looking at gaining access to capacity at terminals in the US and Europe.”
BP Plc and Gazprom Marketing said in September they had reached an agreement for BP to supply a number of LNG cargoes Gazprom would sell in the Atlantic basin. Gazprom already supplies LNG to Korea, India, Japan the US, Mexico and the UK BP has stakes in LNG production and export projects in Abu Dhabi, Australia, Indonesia and Trinidad. It ships LNG worldwide from other plants in countries such as Egypt and Qatar. It also has berthing rights at import terminals in Cove Point, Maryland, and the Isle of Grain in southeastern England.
Gazprom has said previously it also considering projects to build LNG plants in western Russia, near the Barents Sea, near the Baltic Sea and on the Yamal Peninsula. In an effort to improve its image as a reliable energy supplier, Gazprom is trying to secure gas supplies closer to its customers, Vasilev said. The Russian company is doing this by signing agreements with other gas suppliers. It is also trying to invest in gas-storage projects in Europe continent. „Storage for us is an important instrument, to ensure if there is an interruption of gas supplies from Russia we can secure the backup from storage,” Vasilev said. „It is necessary to hold storage where your customers are.” It takes 11 days for gas from Siberia to reach the UK through pipelines over a distance of 7,000 kilometers (4,200 miles), Vasiliev said.
