April 27 (LNGJ) - The first May shipments are heading for the UK from Qatar and Russia. The 266,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Shagra” will discharge a cargo on May 1 at the South Hook terminal in Milford Haven from Ras Laffan, while the 172,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Vladimir Rusanov” is scheduled to arrive on May 3 at the Dragon import facility at Milford Haven from Yamal LNG at Sabetta in Arctic Russia.
The cargoes were heading for the UK even amid more European natural gas price drops. The UK National Balancing Point natural gas price fell again from last week to a low of $1.60 per million British thermal units while Continental Europe’s Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) price was slightly higher than the NBP price at $1.85 per MMBtu, though also lower than last week.
