Europe 1 with AFP 3:02 p.m., September 25, 2022
As German leader Olaf Scholz embarked on a tour of the Gulf to find solutions to the energy crisis in his country, Abu Dhabi and Berlin signed an agreement providing for the supply of liquefied gas and diesel from the Emirates to the Germany.
The United Arab Emirates and Germany signed on Sunday during a visit by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Abu Dhabi, an agreement providing for the supply in 2022 and 2023 of liquefied gas and diesel from this Gulf country to Berlin .
Emirati Industry Minister Sultan al-Jaber welcomed a "historic new agreement" that "strengthens the growing energy partnership between the UAE and Germany" when signing the agreement. agreement, in the presence of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, according to the United Arab Emirates news agency, Wam.
Up to 250,000 tons per month of diesel in 2023
Olaf Scholz, who met Emirati President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, also present at the signing, "welcomed" an agreement on "energy security", Wam added.
The agreement foresees the export of a shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Germany at the end of 2022, then the supply of additional quantities in 2023. The Wam agency reports a direct delivery of diesel completed in September and an agreement to supply up to 250,000 tonnes per month of diesel for 2023.
Under the agreement, the United Arab Emirates will provide "a cargo of LNG to be delivered at the end of 2022 and used for the commissioning of Germany's floating LNG import terminal in Brunsbuettel", a seaport North.
Emirati state-owned oil company ADNOC made its first-ever direct diesel delivery to Germany in September, and will "supply up to 250,000 tonnes of diesel per month in 2023", according to the same source.
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