Cape Business News: Shell: LNG offers solution to SA energy crisis

South Africa’s economy is growing and so is the countries’ energy consumption. Could the development of natural gas as a source of energy, be a solution to South Africa’s energy needs? Cape Business News took part in a media round-table discussion with Shell South Africa to find out more about the development of LNG technology and transport in South Africa.

Jan Willem Eggink, GM of Upstream, Shell South Africa, said, “South Africa is a stable country and Shell has been here for over 100 years. And so we would like to provide energy solutions to South Africa by either bringing in gas through LNG, finding gas onshore or offshore and possibly finding oil offshore.”

“There is clearly a need to produce power in the Western Cape,” said John Shoobridge, LNG Business Development Manager, Shell South Africa. “We have not yet drilled to be able to understand if there is any Shell gas available, as we imagine there is. There is no guarantee,” said Shoobridge.
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