LNG

Jan 19 (LNGJ) - Five LNG carriers with carrying capacity of 17.2 billion cubic feet combined departed the Cheniere Energy-owned Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana in the week through January 17 and one other tanker with 3.8 Bcf of capacity was loading at the terminal, according to the weekly natural gas report from the Energy Information Administration. In the working gas storage report, which lags by one week, the EIA said withdrawal levels were lower than the five-year average for the first time in three weeks. “Net withdrawals from storage totaled 183 Bcf for the week ending January 12, compared with the five-year (2013-2017) average net withdrawal of 203 Bcf and last year's net withdrawals of 230 Bcf during the same week. Working gas stocks totaled 2,584 Bcf, which is 362 Bcf less than the five-year average and 368 Bcf less than last year at this time,” said the EIA.