Emissions offsetting first

Repsol’s bunkering of Furetank Rederi’s Fure Vinga chemical tanker was carried out at the Port of Cartagena’s Enagás facilities, with the support of the Port Authority of Cartagena and the Maritime Captaincy of Cartagena.

This is the first time that Repsol, as a supplier of LNG, has guaranteed the compensation of the total CO2 emissions associated with the consumption of LNG. Emissions compensation has been achieved through the purchase of CO2 credits (VERs) in the Voluntary Carbon Market.

The 150m long Swedish-flagged Fure Vinga received 420m3 of LNG. The tanker arrived from China and is continuing with its route to Rotterdam after her call in Cartagena.

Boost for Spanish ports

Repsol is adding direct supply of LNG from the terminal in Cartagena to its network in Spain. With this operation that was the first of its kind after a recent change in the Spanish gas system regulation promoting this type of supply, Spanish ports are now able to compete with other European ports in this area.

Repsol has commonly used truck to ship LNG bunkering, with capacity to supply at any Spanish port.

The company is currently developing two LNG terminals at the ports of Bilbao and Santander.

Enagás is coordinating a project to build Spain’s first LNG supply ship. The ship will be operated by Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and chartered by Shell España. The ship will use the Enagás LNG terminal in Barcelona to load and supply LNG to ships.