LNG

March 9 (LNGJ) - The 165,000 cubic metres capacity "Methane Spirit" will likely be the next vessel to lift an LNG cargo from the Cove Point plant in Maryland, owned by Dominion Energy, around the end of March, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The 138,100 cubic metres capacity vessel "Gemmata", operated by Shell Shipping, shipped the first cargo on March 2 from Cove Point on Chesapeake Bay. At the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana, owned by Cheniere Energy, five LNG carriers departed with cargoes from March 1 to March 7 with total carrying capacity 18.5 billion cubic feet of gas and a sixth vessel was loading.