LNG

July 28 (LNGJ) - The UK will receive its first August LNG cargo form Qatar delivered to the South Hook import terminal in Milford Haven on August 1 by the 257,980 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Al Ghuwairiya”. The shipment is heading for the UK as the National Balancing Point market price for natural gas has surged once more to above $44 per million British thermal units, will up from $13.25 per MMBtu last year at this time.

May 2 (LNGJ) - The 154,950 cubic metres capacity carrier “Golar Tundra” was unloading a Nigerian cargo on May 2 at Europe’s largest LNG import terminal, the Isle of Grain facility operated by National Grid plc on the Medway River in Kent. Shipping data showed the cargo was lifted on April 19 from the Bonny Island plant on the Niger River Delta. The UK National Balancing Point LNG and wholesale natural gas price is currently at around the equivalent of $20.60 per million British thermal units while the European Union benchmark Dutch Title Transfer Facility price is $10.10 per MMBtu more at around $30.70 per MMbtu.

   Two more LNG cargoes are headed for the UK and arriving next weekend. The 257,980 Q-Max vessel “Al Ghuwairiya” is scheduled to unload a Qatari shipment on May 8 at the South Hook terminal at Milford Haven. A cargo will be discharged on May 8 at the Dragon facility in Milford Haven from the 173,400 carrier “Maran Gas Amphilpolis”. The shipment was lifted on April 9 from the Pampa Melchorita plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru.

March 21 (LNGJ) - The UK is receiving more LNG shipments from the US and Qatar this week. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Maran Gas Hector” is scheduled to discharge a cargo on March 24 at the UK Dragon terminal at Milford Haven in Wales from the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana. The 257,900 cubic metres capacity Q-Max vessel “Al Ghuwairiya” is scheduled to berth on March 25 with a Qatari shipment for Milford Haven’s South Hook terminal.

May 24 (LNGJ) - Qatar is delivering two LNG cargoes to the UK this week. The first vessel from Ras Laffan, the 213,500 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Al Shamal”, will berth on May 27 at the South Hook import facility at the Welsh port of Milford Haven, according to the port authorities. The second Qatari cargo is scheduled to arrive at the same terminal on May 30 on board the 257,980 cubic metres capacity Q-Max vessel “Al Ghuwairiya”.

Jan 28 (LNGJ) - The first February cargo is heading for the UK South Hook LNG import terminal at Milford Haven in Wales. The shipment will arrive on February 3 on board Qatari Q-Max carrier “Al Ghuwairiya” with 261,700 cubic metres of capacity. Cargoes are heading for the UK and other European destinations even as record seasonally low prices prevail because of excess supplies. The UK National Balancing Point price was last at around $3.60 per million British thermal units and the main price on Continental Europe, the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), was at the equivalent of $3.40 per MMBtu. 

Aug 27 (LNGJ) - The 261,700 cubic metres capacity carrier “Al Ghuwairiya” is scheduled to unload a shipment on September 2 at the UK South Hook terminal at Milford Haven in Wales from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar, according to port authorities. The delivery was headed for the UK as the National Balancing Point benchmark natural gas price was at the equivalent of $3.40 per million British thermal units, while one of the main continental European prices, the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), was higher at the equivalent of around $3.45 per MMBtu.

May 16 (LNGJ) - The 261,700 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Al Ghuwairiya” is scheduled to unload a shipment on May 4 at the UK South Hook terminal at Milford Haven in Wales from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar, according to port authorities. The delivery was headed for the UK as the National Balancing Point benchmark natural gas price was at the equivalent of $4.10 per million British thermal units, while one of the main continental European prices, the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), was lower at the equivalent of around $4.05 per MMBtu.