This document discusses the need for an "LNG artery" or waterway across Europe to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) from existing regasification terminals to areas that want to use LNG to fuel vehicles. It argues that existing infrastructure could be better utilized through small-scale LNG production and flexible regasification terminals connected by water transport, rather than building everything from scratch. Cooperation across countries and strategic long-term thinking will be important to make this "European LNG artery" a reality.

1. LNG artery
meshing GATE in
Rudolf Huber
Principal
Hamburg – March 2013

2. Insanity:
doing the same thing
over and over again and
expecting different
results.
Albert Einstein

4. We want LNG
to fuel our vehicles

5. but
for
half
a
century

6. the industry built this

7. and this

8. Also this

9. but they forgot the link

10. We can build new liquefaction

11. doing everything from the scratch

12. when we should use
what we have

13. Why?

14. Small LNG
production
has merits

15. it‘s technologicaly proven

16. and also
economical

17. but
sometimes
it makes
sense
to do
the
simple thing

18. Existing regasification terminals are
monsters

19. built for inflexibility

20. but in the new LNG world

21. flexibility
counts

22. The real
question is

23. how to get LNG from
here

24. here

25. LNG cannot be piped far

26. but you can use this

27. or this

28. in bulk transport
though

29. nothing beats this

30. With GATE

31. begins a waterway across Europe

32. right to the Black Sea

33. It could be the European LNG artery

34. supplying
satellites

35. GATE needs to

36. from this

37. into this

38. certain
mechanisms
help

39. like the
umbrella

40. they are guidelines

41. and need translation

42. You will
learn
new things

43. but first

44. the old LNG
world carries
lessons

45. Cooperation

46. and strategic
thinking

47. instead of shortterm gain

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