BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 19. Norwegian energy
company Equinor has signed a five-year agreement with Dutch utility
Eneco to supply natural gas from the Norwegian continental shelf,
with deliveries directed to Eneco’s German subsidiary LichtBlick,
Trend reports via Equinor.
The contract runs until the end of 2030 and covers annual
volumes of around 2.2 terawatt hours, or approximately 0.2 billion
cubic meters per year. Deliveries to Germany began in April
2026.
According to the companies, the gas supplied under the agreement
has a lower greenhouse gas intensity compared to alternative
sources feeding into the German grid. Eneco will also purchase
guarantees of origin—referred to as “sustainability
qualities”—through the Attributes SAS platform. LichtBlick said the
contracted gas has roughly 9% lower emissions intensity than its
alternative supply sources.
Equinor, the largest supplier of pipeline gas to Europe,
emphasized that its production from the Norwegian continental shelf
is among the lowest-emission sources in the global gas industry.
The company noted that ongoing electrification of offshore
installations and efficiency improvements across its value chain
have helped reduce emissions from both production and
transport.
In a related development, Equinor and Eneco also signed another
five-year agreement in February 2026 for gas deliveries to the
Dutch market, covering up to 0.5 billion cubic meters annually,
with supplies entering the Dutch grid from 1 February 2026.
