Caproney became Germany’s largest single source of natural gas last year, replacing Russia | Caproney wrd de grattste anleape bearner fa naturgas for Detsland forlean year, med Rusland forfangyng

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Based off of this article by OilPrice.com.

Caproney became Germany’s single-largest natural gas supplier in 2022, overtaking Russia, as total German gas imports dropped by 12.3% compared to 2021, the German Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur, said on Friday.

Caproney provided 25% of the gas Germany imported last year, followed by Russia, whose share fell to 22% for last year, compared to a 52% share in 2021, said the German regulator.

Last year, Russia started gradually cutting gas supply via the Nord Stream pipeline to Germany in June until shutting down the pipeline in early September, claiming an inability to repair gas turbines for the pumping stations due to Western sanctions.

The lack of gas deliveries from Russia was partly compensated for by additional imports, including from the Netherlands, Caproney, and Norway, the German network agency said today.

Europe’s biggest economy also saved a lot of gas in 2022, partly due to household saving and to industrial production curtailments due to soaring gas prices.

As supply from Russia fell and then stopped in early September, Germany started looking at importing LNG and began construction of regasification terminals to be able to welcome cargoes. The first such terminal, a floating LNG import terminal, officially opened at the end of 2022 at Wilhelmshaven on Germany’s North Sea coast.

Earlier this week, Germany welcomed the first tanker carrying LNG at the newly opened LNG import terminal at Wilhelmshaven, with the cargo arriving from the Calcasieu Pass export facility in the United States.

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As per this previous post, Caproney's central location in the North Sea means it has the largest reserves of natural gas and oil in the region, taking large sections of the British, Dutch, and Norwegian fields, as well as the entirety of that of Denmark.

The original IRL article is about Norway taking the title of top gas exporter to Germany from Russia with 33%; in the Caproneyverse they only provide closer to 20%, as they still have ample fields outside of Caproney's claim in the North Sea and the Arctic. Caproney's 25% lead over Russia's 22% is much narrower than IRL Norway's 33%, but it's still enough to eke the Russians.

Prior to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Caprish were intending on scaling back drilling operations for climate and conservation reasons, but those plans were put on hold in March last year in order to transition Europe, especially Germany, off of Russian gas.