Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK has taken delivery of its first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US, a move that highlights the nation’s efforts to diversify energy sources amidst geopolitical tensions and dwindling Russian gas supplies to Europe.
The announcement came just days before the country cut off a major energy transit route that supplied gas to the European Union through Ukraine under a newly expired 2019 supply contract signed between Gazprom and Ukraine-based Naftogaz.
In June 2024 DTEK signed a deal with the US firm Venture Global for an unspecified amount of LNG from its Plaquemines Plant in Louisiana.
The 100 million cubic metre LNG shipment arrived on 27th December 2024 at the Revithoussa LNG terminal in Athens, Greece onboard the Gaslog Savannah LNG tanker.
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