LNG

April 11 (LNG) - The UK is scheduled to receive a second cargo in the next week from Qatar. The Qatari Q-Max carrier “Al Dafna” with 262,000 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to berth at the UK South Hook terminal on April 16 after lifting a cargo on March 13 from the Ras Laffan plant in the Arabian Gulf and sailing round the southern tip of Africa to deliver it.

   The “Tangguh Palung” with 154,800 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to discharge a cargo on April 13 at South Hook, according to shipping data. That shipment was loaded on March 15 at QatarEnergy’s Ras Laffan export terminal.

The UK is the focus of Europe’s main LNG deliveries with 10 cargoes this week alone as prices increase in natural gas markets amid future supply and economic concerns and with the various assessments competing for price discovery, including the European Union’s one spot cargo price now issued daily.

June 27 (LNGJ) - The first UK July LNG cargo is expected to be discharged on July 2 at the South Hook terminal at the Port of Milford Haven, according to shipping data. The cargo was lifted on June 14 by the 261,990 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Al Dafna” from the Ras Laffan export plant in the Arabian Gulf.

Oct 19 (LNGJ) - Global LNG shipments are continuing to point at North Asia amid continued elevated spot prices of around $34 per million British thermal units for the Japan-Korea Marker.

   The 154,950 cubic metres capacity carrier “Asia Vision” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on October 22 to the Zhoushan import terminal in China’s eastern Zheijang province from the Gorgon plant on Barrow Island in Western Australia. Among scores of other LNG vessels that have lifted cargos for Asia, the 261,980 cubic metres capacity vessel Q-Max carrier “Al Dafna” is scheduled to discharge a Ras Laffan cargo on October 31 at the Pyeongtaek import terminal in South Korea.

April 28 (LNGJ) - Qatar is delivering the first two LNG cargoes to the UK in May. The 261,700 cubic metres capacity carrier “Lijmiliya” is scheduled to arrive in the UK from Ras Laffan on May 1 with a shipment for the South Hook facility in the Welsh port of Milford Haven, according to the port authorities. Another Qatari carrier, the 266,000 cubic metres capacity vessel, the “Al Dafna”, is due to berth at South Hook on May 5.

   The latest shipments are scheduled as the UK National Balancing Point natural gas benchmark price and the main Continental European price, the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), are both at seasonal highs. Both prices were quoted at the equivalent of $7.60 per million British thermal units.

Oct 19 (LNGJ) - The 266,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Al Dafna” is scheduled to deliver a Qatargas cargo on October 24 to the UK South Hook import terminal at Milford Haven in Wales, according to port authorities. That's as the UK National Balancing Point natural gas price rose again on October 19 to the equivalent of $5.30 per million British thermal units, while the main Continental European price, the Dutch title Transfer Facility (TTF), was at the equivalent of $4.95 per MMBtu.

Oct 9 (LNGJ) - A Qatargas LNG shipment is headed for the UK South Hook import terminal at Milford Haven in Wales and is scheduled to arrive on October 23. That's as the National Balancing Point natural gas price has surged to the equivalent of $5.15 per million British thermal units. The 266,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier, the “Al Dafna”, left Ras Laffan in Qatar on October 7, according to shipping data.

Jan 16 (LNGJ) - China is receiving ample January LNG shipments as about 20 carriers proceed to the network of import terminals with cargoes from nations such as Qatar, Nigeria, Australia and the US. Among the planned shipments, the 160,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Arctic Aurora” is scheduled to unload a cargo on January 18 at the Ningbo facility in Zhenjiang province from the Queensland Curtis plant in Australia, according to shipping data. The 174,100 cubic metres capacity “Cesi Gladstone” will unload a shipment on January 21 at the northeast port of Tianjin from the Australia-Pacific LNG plant in Queensland.

   The 148,300 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG Ondo” will deliver a cargo on January 24 to the Qidong terminal in Jiangsu province from the Nigeria LNG plant on Bonny Island. The 170,050 cubic metres capacity carrier “Hoegh Giant” is scheduled to arrive on January 25 at the Chinese port of Tianjin with a cargo from the US Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana. The 266,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Al Dafna” will deliver a cargo on January 25 to PetroChina’s Tangshan terminal in northeast Hebei province from Ras Laffan in Qatar. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Al Ruwais” will deliver a Qatargas cargo on January 28 to the Tangshan facility. The 145,700 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG Benue” is also scheduled to arrive at Tangshan with a Nigerian cargo on January 29.

Nakilat Shipping Qatar Ltd, a subsidiary of Qatar Gas Transport Co., has taken back a fifth ship as part of an agreement with Shell International Trading and Shipping to return management of Nakilat’s LNG fleet to Qatari hands.