Hungary signs gas deal with Shell, its first in the West
Hungary will buy 250 million cubic meters of LNG per year for six years from Royal Dutch Shell Plc. via Croatia’s LNG port in Krk, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
“Hungary signed a long-term gas supply agreement for the first time with a Western company,” Szijjarto wrote.
“Hungary will secure 10% of its gas supply from the West, which is a huge step in Hungary’s energy diversification.”
Hungary has for years said it was open to procure gas from any source, including Western ones, once a route opens up, and it has complained that neighbouring countries were not up to speed in securing the necessary infrastructure.
With the Krk terminal scheduled to begin operations in the next few months, Hungary has secured a lot of its capacity.
In the meantime, it has also agreed on a 6.2 billion cubic meter deal with Gazprom and said it wanted a flexible long-term agreement with the company.
Reporting by Marton Dunai; editing by Jason Neely
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