Cheniere Energy, Inc. and Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. recently announced that Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC has supplied a carbon neutral cargo of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) to Shell as part of the companies’ long-term LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement. (Photo quoted from Cheniere Energy’s website)

Cheniere and Shell worked together to offset the full lifecycle greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions associated with the LNG cargo by retiring nature-based offsets to account for the estimated CO2 emissions produced through the entire value chain, from production through use by the final consumer (all scopes).

The carbon-neutral LNG cargo was supplied from Cheniere’s Sabine Pass Liquefaction facility and delivered to Europe in early April. Offsets used were bought from Shell’s global portfolio of nature-based projects with Cheniere purchasing the portion attributable to estimated CO2 emissions associated with activities upstream of the FOB delivery point, including production and liquefaction. 

Nature-based projects protect, transform or restore land and enable nature to add oxygen and absorb more CO2 emissions from the atmosphere. Each carbon offset is subject to a third-party verification process and represents the avoidance or removal of 1 tonne of CO2.

Earlier this year, Cheniere announced it intends to provide its LNG customers with GHG emissions data associated with each LNG cargo produced at its liquefaction facilities through the company’s Cargo Emissions Tags (CE Tags), beginning in the first half of 2022. 

(IRuniverse)