LNG

Jan 28 (LNGJ) - The 210,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Al Oraiq” will unload a shipment on February 4 at the UK Milford Haven terminal in Wales from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar, according to shipping data. The delivery was heading for the UK as the National Balancing Point benchmark natural gas price was at the equivalent of $7.40 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 $6.95 per MMBtu.

Aug 29 (LNGJ) – The 140,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Arctic Voyager” is unloading a shipment at the Bilbao terminal in northwest Spain from the Hammerfest plant in Norway operated by Equinor, according to shipping data. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “British Diamond” will deliver a cargo on August 30 to the Japanese Ishikari terminal, operated by Hokkaido Gas, from the Papua New Guinea export plant operated by ExxonMobil. The 160,500 cubic metres capacity “Sonangol Sambizanga” will unload a shipment on September 1 at the Dahej terminal in India, operated by Petronet, from the Anglo plant at Soyo in southwest Africa. The 210,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Al Oraiq” will deliver a cargo on September 6 to the Shanwei terminal in the southern Guangdong province of China from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar. The 145,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG Jupiter” will unload a shipment on September 15 at the Incheon terminal in South Korea from the Oman plant at Sur on the Arabian peninsula.

The UK Port of Milford Haven has begun an investigation into a hard-contact collision near the South Hook import terminal between one of the world’s largest LNG carriers, a Qatari Q-Max ship, and a pilot vessel that resulted in three of the pilot crew suffering minor injuries.