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Red Tape Thwarts Greece’s First Private LNG Import

Red Tape Thwarts Greece’s First Private LNG Import
Energia.gr
Παρ, 11 Δεκεμβρίου 2009 - 16:20
Greek energy firms Motor Oil and Mytilineos said yesterday they had canceled the country’s first private liquefied natural gas (LNG) import because the natural gas grid operator delayed approving it. The firms said in a statement they could not take delivery of the 65,000-cubic-meter shipment, jointly purchased from Italy’s ENI, because state-controlled grid operator DESFA failed to sign a contract providing access to its network.
Greek energy firms Motor Oil and Mytilineos said yesterday they had canceled the country’s first private liquefied natural gas (LNG) import because the natural gas grid operator delayed approving it.

The firms said in a statement they could not take delivery of the 65,000-cubic-meter shipment, jointly purchased from Italy’s ENI, because state-controlled grid operator DESFA failed to sign a contract providing access to its network.

“Our attempt to enter this market, which was unlawfully obstructed by DESFA executives, would have marked the beginning of an era of competition in Greece’s natural gas market,” said Dimitris Papadopoulos, executive director of Mytilineos.

(KATHIΜΕRINI, 12/11/2009)

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