The movement against the pension reform continues in the four LNG terminals which allow the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) into France. They have their strike movement on Tuesday until the beginning of next week, we learned from the CGT.
The shutdown of the three Elengy terminals (Engie subsidiary) located in Fos-sur-Mer (Bouches-du-Rhône) for two of them, and in Saint-Nazaire (Montoir-de-Bretagne, Loire-Atlantique) blocks the gas supply to the GRTgaz distribution network, the unloading of LNG carriers and the filling of LNG tanks until next Tuesday, according to the CGT. This indicates that the Dunkirk terminal, operated by the Belgian group Fluxys, voted for its part to renew the strike until Monday.
“Until withdrawal”
“100% of voters extended the shutdown of the LNG terminals by a week,” Mathieu Michel, elected CGT member of the CHSCT of Elengy, told AFP, according to which the shutdown of the terminal is even voted “until the withdrawal from reform. “We’ll meet again next week to decide” what to do next, he said. The management of Elengy confirmed this renewal, considering that there was, at this stage, “no danger on the network”.
The movement started on March 6 at Elengy, and on March 7 at the Dunkirk terminal. With the war in Ukraine, LNG gradually replaced Russian gas which arrived by pipeline for France. LNG flows to France intensified in 2022 (+102%), “making the country a major entry point for LNG in Europe”, according to GRTgaz’s 2022 report. Last year, LNG terminals thus “represented 50% of French gas supplies”, according to Elengy. And the share is expected to increase sharply in 2023.