Challenges of the upcoming German gas market conversion

CHALLENGES OF THE UPCOMING GERMAN GAS MARKET CONVERSION:
CONTRIBUTION OF LNG USE FOR THE LOW CALORIFIC GAS NETWORK’S
SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE OPERATION
3rd Trondheim Gas Technology Conference
Alexey Mozgovoy
5th of June 2014
Demand and production of natural gas in Germany
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Demand and production of natural gas in Germany
The natural gases used in Germany
60
Annual production of natural gas in Groningen gas field,
bn m3
50
54
40
42.5
42.5
2014
2015
40
30
20
10
0
Source: IEA
2013
2016
Source: Energate
Annual production of natural gas
in the EU and Norway, bn m3
Annual production and demand of natural gas
in Germany, bn m3
318
291
79.5
279
259
241
102
Source: IEA
82.8
79.8
80.6
76.0
79.3
73.8
72.8
165
114
106
136
123
128
113
127
93
16.7
2008
81.3
220
216
185
79.9
2015
2020
EU
ЕС
Norway
Норвегия
2025
Сумма
Total
2030
2035
2003
15.5
14.7
15.3
15.1
13.4
13.3
11.3
11.2
9.8
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Местная
добыча газа, млрд. м3/год
Gas
production
Source: EUROGAS
Расход
газа, млрд. м3/год
Gas
demand
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Demand and production of natural gas in Germany
o Reduction of the imports from the Netherlands
o Exhaustion of the German own natural gas sources
The changing information support
Before
2021
Now
2014
Reduction of L-gas imports
after 2020 by 10 % per annum
Shut down of gas imports from the Netherlands by 2030
5 million units of domestic gas appliances
1.2 + ... bn EUR
Source: Buderus
Source: NEP Gas 2013
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Ways of LNG transport to Germany
L-gas network
H-gas network
PL
NL
Source: NEP Gas 2013
Source: NEP Gas 2013
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Ways of LNG transport to Germany
Existing and being constructed LNG infrastructure in Germany and around it
Source: Gas LNG Europe
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LNG and natural gas qualities
Wobbe number range defined
by DVGW Code of Practice G 260
Origin
Algeria / Arzew
Nigeria
Norway
Qatar
Trinidad and
Tobago
Nitrogen
[mol%]
Methane
[mol%]
Ethane
[mol%]
Propane
[mol%]
0.71
0.03
0.46
0.27
88.92
91.70
92.03
90.90
8.41
5.52
5.75
6.43
1.59
2.17
1.31
1.66
Butane and
higher
hydrocarbons
[mol%]
0.37
0.58
0.45
0.74
0.01
96.78
2.78
0.37
0.06
60
Wobbe number MJ/mN3
The average compositions of LNG being delivered or to be delivered
to the LNG terminals in Rotterdam and Swinoujscie
Source: GIIGNL
55
50
49.0
45
40
35
37.8
30
L
GCV and Wobbe number of gas being delivered or to be
delivered to the LNG terminals in Rotterdam and Swinoujscie
GCV
[MJ/mN3]
Wobbe
number
[MJ/mN3]
Algeria / Arzew
43.38
55.00
Nigeria
43.32
55.39
Norway
42.58
54.68
Qatar
43.34
55.18
Trinidad and
Tobago
40.94
53.99
Origin
Source: GIIGNL
H
The German gas sources’
Wobbe number and GCV
Origin
GCV [MJ/mN3]
Wobbe
number
[MJ/mN3]
Russia
Norway
The
Netherlands
Germany
40.3
41.9
53.1
52.9
36.8
46.0
35.4
44.7
Source: DVGW e.V.
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LNG and natural gas qualities
DVGW Code of Practice G 260:2013
“Gas composition”
Relative density
Calculated 0.59 - 0.69
0.55 requirements 0.75
DIN 51624:2008 “Automotive fuels – Compressed natural
gas – requirements and test methods”
requirements
below 50 mol% nitrogen
highest calculated value 16.8 mol%
DVGW Code of Practice G 685:2008 „Gas billing“
deviations of GCV in networks of more than
±2 % over the billing cycle is not allowed
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Contact information
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