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LNG-aanvoer verstoord: blijven we dat merken?

Een jaar geleden zag de bevoorrading van vloeibaar gas (LNG) er veelbelovend uit. Tal van nieuwe projecten stonden in de steigers. Hoe anders is het nu. Het conflict in Zuidwest-Azië (Midden-Oosten) heeft de aanvoer van LNG via de Straat van Hormuz al een tijdje verstoord. Blijven we dat merken, of zijn er oplossingen?

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30 okt. 2026

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“Allereerst is de impact van het conflict enorm voor de mensen die in de regio wonen, en de onzekerheid die het met zich mee heeft gebracht”, zegt Cederic Cremers in The Energy Podcast van Shell van september. De Nederlander is als president van Integrated Gas de hoogste Shell-baas voor aardgas, biogas en LNG.

“De wereldwijde crisis heeft het meeste impact gehad op de mensen die het minst te besteden hebben”, zegt Cremers. “In Europa zijn onze kosten voor energie en andere zaken gestegen, in andere delen van de wereld is een deel van de energievoorziening simpelweg weggevallen.”

Straat van Hormuz

Flessenhals is de Straat van Hormuz, de poort van/naar de Perzische Golf en de olie- en gasfaciliteiten van de landen daar. Vóór 28 februari, dus voor het recente conflict, ging zo’n 20% van de wereldwijde LNG-productie door die nauwe zeegang tussen Oman en Iran naar de rest van de wereld. Maar sindsdien zijn LNG-schepen gestrand door blokkades van ”de Straat”, waren productielocaties doelwit en moesten belangrijke exporterende landen in de Perzische Golfregio noodgedwongen hun productie afschalen of helemaal stoppen.

Cremers: “Als we kijken naar de impact op de energiemarkt, dan is dit niet alleen een LNG-crisis. Ze heeft impact op veel verschillende producten en grondstoffen, ook buiten de energievoorziening.”

Wie is Cederic Cremers?

Cederic Cremers (47) is sinds april 2025 is hij president Integrated Gas, ofwel Shells hoogste manager voor LNG, gas en biogas — wereldwijd. Cremers werkt sinds 2002 voor Shell en had verschillende financiële en leidinggevende functies. Zo was hij onder meer Shells landenbaas in Rusland, gaf hij leiding aan Shell Chemicals in Europa en was hij van 2021 tot april 2025 de executive vice-president voor LNG bij Shell. Cremers is Nederlander en werkt vanuit de Shell Campus Den Haag.

Cederic Cremers, Shells president Integrated Gas (Foto: Dan Kennedy)
Cederic Cremers, Shells president Integrated Gas

LNG van levensbelang, ook voor Nederland

Maar wat betekent dat nu eigenlijk, dat 20% van de wereldwijde LNG-productie is verstoord door het conflict? “Vooral in Azië zorgt LNG ervoor dat lampen kunnen blijven branden. LNG wordt gebruikt om huizen te koelen of te verwarmen. Het zorgt ervoor dat scholen en industrieën open kunnen blijven. LNG is van levensbelang voor veel landen, hun economieën en hun leveringszekerheid”, zegt Cremers.

Ook voor Nederland is LNG sinds het sluiten van het Groningengasveld belangrijk geworden. LNG vult de eigen aardgasproductie en de import via pijpleidingen uit onder meer Noorwegen aan. Voor ons land komt vloeibaar aardgas vooral uit de Verenigde Staten. Neem de maanden juni, juli en augustus: 4,2 miljard kuub (66,7%) van de totale 6,3 miljard kuub LNG-import van Nederland kwam uit Amerika. (https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/figures/detail/86103ENG

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Shell vervoert een groot deel van die LNG. Vorig jaar waren dat wereldwijd circa duizend scheepsladingen vol, met zo’n 70 schepen met LNG uit Shell-bronnen en gekocht bij derden.

Shell LNG in Qatar

Sinds februari ondervinden Shells locaties in Irak, Koeweit, Qatar, de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, Oman en Egypte in verschillende mate hinder van de oorlog. Voor LNG is de impact verreweg het grootst voor Shell in Qatar. Cremers: “We konden niet langer onze producten naar onze klanten transporteren. We moesten de eigen productie in Qatar zelfs stilleggen. En in maart sloeg een raket in op onze Pearl-installatie, waar gas vloeibaar wordt gemaakt.”

Toch zou volgens de Shell-gasbaas de crisis heftiger zijn geweest als de oorlog in het Midden-Oosten een jaar eerder was losgebarsten. “De chaos zou veel groter zijn geweest. Er is namelijk het afgelopen jaar veel geïnvesteerd in meer energievoorziening en in leveringszekerheid, en in diversificatie (het vergroten van de variatie; red.) in energiebronnen. We zijn niet langer afhankelijk van een of twee bronnen voor onze energie en ook niet van een of twee vaarroutes met knelpunten.”

"LNG zorgt ervoor dat scholen en industrieën open kunnen blijven"

Cederic Cremers, president Integrated Gas bij Shell
Een medewerker van de Shell LNG-locatie Groundbirch in Canada klimt omhoog (Foto: Fritz Tolentino)
Een medewerker van de Shell LNG-locatie Groundbirch in Canada klimt omhoog
Een medewerker van de Shell LNG-locatie Groundbirch voert een inspectie uit (Foto: Fritz Tolentino)
Een medewerker van de Shell LNG-locatie Groundbirch voert een inspectie uit

Canada in de lift

Shell levert inmiddels LNG vanuit meer dan 10 landen. Daarbij zit vooral Canada in de lift, met recente aankondigingen over Shells aankoop van ARC Resources

 en de verdubbeling van de productiecacapiteit in Kitimat. “Zo kunnen we nu direct vanaf de westkust van Canada naar afnemers in Azië exporteren, via een vrijwel rechtstreekse vaarroute.”

De Shell-gasbaas benadrukt dat de impact van het conflict in het Midden-Oosten behoorlijk is, maar hij houdt vast aan de voorspellingen die Shell in haar LNG Outlook 2026 heeft gepubliceerd. “We verwachten dat de vraag naar LNG tot 2040 met 60% zal groeien. We zien nu al groei, niet alleen in volumes. Het aantal landen dat LNG importeert of exporteert is recent zo ongeveer verdubbeld”, aldus Cederic Cremers in The Energy Podcast.

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LNG supplies disrupted: will we continue to feel the effects?

30 Oct. 2026

A year ago, the outlook for supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) were promising. Numerous new projects were in the pipeline. How different things are today. The conflict in Southwest Asia (the Middle East) has been disrupting LNG supplies through the Strait of Hormuz for some time now. Will we continue to feel the effects, or are there solutions?

LNG-tanker op zee (Illustratie: AdobeStock)

Text: Marcel Burger. Imagery: Adobe Stock (headervideo), Dan Kennedy (portrait), Fritz Tolentino (Groundbirch).

“Let me start by reflecting on the huge impact the conflict has on people living in the region, and the uncertainty it has meant for them,” says Cederic Cremers in Shell’s September edition of The Energy Podcast. As President of Integrated Gas, the Dutchman is Shell’s most senior executive responsible for natural gas, biogas and LNG.

“The crisis has the heaviest impact on those who can least afford it,” says Cremers. “In Europe, we think about how it has increased the costs for energy; in other parts of the world, they simply don't have the energy right now.”

Strait of Hormuz

The bottleneck is the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to and from the Persian Gulf and the oil and gas facilities of the countries in the region. Before 28 February, and therefore before the recent conflict, around 20% of global LNG production passed through this narrow waterway between Oman and Iran on its way to the rest of the world. Since then, however, LNG carriers have been stranded by blockades of “the Strait”, production facilities have been targeted, and major exporting countries in the Persian Gulf region have been forced to scale back production or halt it altogether.

Cremers: “If we look at the impact on the energy market, this is not just an LNG crisis. It has an impact on many different products and commodities, including those beyond the energy space.”

Who is Cederic Cremers?

Cederic Cremers (47) has been President of Integrated Gas since April 2025, making him Shell’s most senior executive responsible for LNG, gas and biogas worldwide. Cremers joined Shell in 2002 and has held a range of financial and leadership roles. Among other positions, he served as Shell’s Country Chair in Russia, headed Shell Chemicals in Europe and, from 2021 until April 2025, was Shell’s Executive Vice President for LNG. Cremers is Dutch and is based at the Shell Campus The Hague.

Cederic Cremers, Shell's President of Integrated Gas (Photo: Dan Kennedy)
Cederic Cremers, Shell's President of Integrated Gas

LNG vital, including for the Netherlands

But what does it actually mean that 20% of global LNG production has been disrupted by the conflict? “In Asia in particular, LNG helps keep the lights on. LNG is used to cool or heat homes. It helps keep schools and industries running. LNG is vital to many countries, their economies and their security of supply,” says Cremers.

LNG has also become important to the Netherlands since the closure of the Groningen gas field. LNG supplements the country’s own natural gas production and imports via pipelines from countries including Norway. For the Netherlands, liquefied natural gas comes primarily from the United States. Take the months of June, July and August: 4.2 billion cubic metres (66.7%) of the Netherlands’ total LNG imports of 6.3 billion cubic metres came from the US. (Statistics Netherlands

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Shell transports a large proportion of this LNG. Last year, this amounted to around a thousand cargoes worldwide, carried by some 70 vessels transporting LNG from Shell sources and purchased from third parties.

Shell LNG in Qatar

Since February, Shell’s operations in Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Egypt have been affected by the war to varying degrees. For LNG, the impact on Shell has been by far the greatest in Qatar. Cremers: “We were no longer able to bring the products to our customers. We even had to shut down production in Qatar. And in March, a missile struck our Pearl facility, where gas is liquefied.”

According to Shell’s gas chief, however, the crisis would have been more severe if the war in the Middle East had broken out a year earlier. “I would have predicted a much greater chaos. That is because over the past year the energy industry as a whole has made a continued investment in increasing energy supplies and security of supply, as well as diversification (increasing the variety; ed.) of energy sources. We are no longer dependent on just one or two sources for our energy, nor on one or two sea routes with chokepoints.”

"LNG helps schools and industries running"

Cederic Cremers, President of Integrated Gas at Shell
A worker at the Shell Groundbirch LNG site in Canada climbing a ladder (Photo: Fritz Tolentino)
A worker at the Shell Groundbirch LNG site in Canada climbing a ladder
A worker inspecting an installatoin at the Shell Groundbirch LNG site in Canada (Photo: Fritz Tolentino)
A worker inspecting an installatoin at the Shell Groundbirch LNG site in Canada

Canada on the rise

Shell now supplies LNG from more than 10 countries. Canada in particular is on the rise, with recent announcements about the acquisition of ARC Resources and the decision to double LNG Canada’s capacity. “This means we can now export directly from Canada’s west coast to customers in Asia, via an almost direct shipping route.”

Shell’s gas chief stresses that the impact of the conflict in the Middle East is considerable, but he stands by the forecasts Shell published in its LNG Outlook 2026. “We expect demand for LNG to grow by 60% by 2040. We are already seeing growth, and not just in volumes. The number of countries importing or exporting LNG has roughly doubled in recent years,” says Cederic Cremers in The Energy Podcast.

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). These risk factors also expressly qualify all forward-looking statements contained in this publication and should be considered by the reader.  Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this publication, October 30, 2026. Neither Shell plc nor any of its subsidiaries undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or other information. In light of these risks, results could differ materially from those stated, implied or inferred from the forward-looking statements contained in this publication.

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Shell’s operating plan and outlook are forecasted for a three-year period and ten-year period, respectively, and are updated every year. They reflect the current economic environment and what we can reasonably expect to see over the next three and ten years. Accordingly, the outlook reflects our combined Scope 1 and 2 target, NCI target and our oil products ambition over the next ten years. However, Shell’s operating plan and outlook cannot reflect our 2050 net-zero emissions target, as this target is outside our planning period. Such future operating plans and outlooks could include changes to our portfolio, efficiency improvements and the use of carbon capture and storage and carbon credits. In the future, as society moves towards net-zero emissions, we expect Shell’s operating plans and outlooks to reflect this movement. However, if society is not net zero in 2050, as of today, there would be significant risk that Shell may not meet this target.

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