Greece has received a couple of liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments from the United States over the past two months, George Stathakis, Greek minister of environment and energy, told Sputnik on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the CERAWeek by IHS Markit energy conference, which is currently underway in the US city of Houston
HOUSTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 13th March, 2019) Greece has received a couple of liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments from the United States over the past two months, George Stathakis, Greek minister of environment and energy, told Sputnik on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the CERAWeek by IHS Markit energy conference, which is currently underway in the US city of Houston."We got a couple of shipments in the last two months. That was based on short term contracts, spot market. We were happy that we [have] new sources as well," Stathakis said.
When asked whether any new shipments were planned, the minister said that he had no idea, stressing that this was a "commercial issue."
The Greek Environment and Energy Ministry said in a statement in mid-December that Greece had agreed with the United States on LNG shipments, with the first batch of LNG set to amount to 150,000 cubic meters (5.3 million cubic feet). The ministry's December announcement coincided with the start of the first Greek-US Strategic Dialogue forum in Washington. On December 30, Greece got its first shipment of LNG from the United States.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras first announced that Athens intended to purchase LNG from the United States during his meeting with US President Donald Trump in October 2017.
