The Algerian national oil and gas company Sonatrach has renewed its LNG supply contract with Total for another three years. As part of the deal, Sonatrach will deliver 2 Mt/year (2.7 bcm/year) of Algerian LNG for the French market, primarily at the Fos Cavou LNG terminaln until 2023.
In July 2018, as part of a broader sale of Engie’s upstream to Total for US$2bn, Engie transferred three LNG import contracts with Sonatrach to Total, namely two 1972-2020 contracts for 3.4 bcm/year and 2 bcm/year and one 1976-2019 contract for 5 bcm/year.
In 2019, France imported 10.5 bcm of LNG. In value, imports came mainly from Russia (26%), Nigeria (21%) and Algeria (20%). France has four LNG import terminals with a total capacity of around 34 bcm/year: Fos Tonkin (3 bcm/year), Montoir-de-Bretagne (10 bcm/year), Fos Cavaou (8.25 bcm/year) and Dunkerque (13 bcm/year, since 2017).