LNG

Turkey, Europe’s second-largest liquefied natural gas importer, has deployed a new floating storage and regasification unit at the port of Aliaga, near Izmir.

Jan 3 (LNGJ) – Seven cargoes will be unloaded at European terminals in the next week. The 145,000 cubic metres capacity “Methane Rita Andrea” is delivering a shipment on January 3 to the Aliaga facility near the port of Izmir in Turkey from the Trinidad plant in the Caribbean, according to shipping data. The 75,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Cheik Bouamama” is unloading a cargo on January 4 at the Italian Panigaglia terminal near Genoa from the Skikda plant in Algeria. The 141,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Cross River” will deliver a cargo on January 4 to the Sines terminal in Portugal from the Nigerian plant on Bonny Island.
   The 147,200 cubic metres capacity vessel “Arctic Princess” is scheduled to deliver a shipment on January 5 to the Dunkirk import terminal on the Channel coast of France from the Equinor plant at Hammerfest in Norway. The 216,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Al Hamla” is scheduled to deliver a Qatargas shipment on January 5 to the Swinoujscie terminal in Poland. The 150,200 cubic metres capacity vessel “Seri Camar” will deliver a cargo on January 9 to the Aliaga facility in Turkey from the US Cove Point plant in Maryland. The 145,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Milaha Qatar” will unload a Qatargas shipment on January 11 at the Adriatic LNG import facility in Italy.

TurkStream, the natural gas export pipeline from Russia to Turkey, has completed its first offshore phase across the Black Sea, while the second onshore phase will deliver gas to the Turkish market and southern and southeastern Europe in competition to LNG.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US maritime classification society, said it was chosen by Petroleum Pipeline Corp. of Turkey to class a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) ordered in South Korea.

Jan 15 (LNGJ) - The 160,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Asia Vision”, owned by Chevron Corp., will unload a shipment on January 22 at the Japanese Oita terminal, owned by Kyushu Electric, from the Gorgon plant on Barrow Island in Western Australia, according to shipping data. The 140,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Arctic Voyager” will deliver a cargo on January 24 to the Turkish Aliaga import facilities near the port of Izmir, from the Hammerfest plant in Norway, operated by Statoil. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “British Sapphire”, operated by BP Shipping, will deliver a shipment on February 8 to Thailand’s Map Ta Phut terminal from the Atlantic LNG plant on the Caribbean island of Trinidad.

Jan 11 (LNGJ) – Qatargas is increasing its January LNG deliveries, according to shipping data. Among the deliveries, the 210,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Al Nuaman” will unload a Qatargas shipment on January 11 at the Turkish Aliaga import facilities, near the port of Izmir. The 210,000 cubic metres capacity “Al Oraig” will deliver a cargo on January 17 to the South Korean Incheon terminal, operated by Korea Gas Corp. The “Al Thumama” will deliver a shipment from Qatar on January 20 to the Chinese Tangshan terminal, operated in Hebei Province by PetroChina. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity vessel “Al Ghariya” will deliver a Qatari cargo on January 27 to China’s Dalian import terminal in Liaoning Province.

Jan 1 (LNGJ) - The 138,200 cubic metres capacity carrier “British Innovator”, operated by BP Shipping, is scheduled to arrive on January 5 at the Mugardos facility in northwest Spain from the Atlantic LNG export plant in Trinidad, according to shipping data. The 147,2000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Arctic Lady” will unload a shipment on January 7 at the French Dunkirk import terminal from the Hammerfest plant in Norway, operated by Statoil. The 160,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Cubal” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on January 10 to the Turkish Aliaga terminal, near the port of Izmir, from the Angola plant in southwest Africa.

Dec 19 (LNGJ) - The 160,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Soyo” will deliver a shipment on December 20 to the Indian Dahej terminal, located north of Mumbai, from the Angola plant in southwest Africa, according to shipping data. The 138,088 cubic metres capacity carrier “Berge Arzew” is scheduled to deliver an Algerian cargo on December 23 to the Turkish Aliaga facility near the port of Izmir. The 137,200 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Rivers” will unload a shipment on December 26 at the Montoir-de-Bretagne import terminal in Western France from the Bonny Island plant in Nigeria.

Dec 6 (LNGJ) - The 217,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Al Kharsaah” is scheduled to unload a shipment on December 9 at the Indian Dahej import facility near Mumbai from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar, according to shipping data. The 140,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Arctic Voyager” will deliver a cargo on December 11 to the Huelva import terminal in southwest Spain from the Hammerfest plant in Norway, operated by Statoil. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity carrier “Al Ruwais” will unload a Qatargas cargo on December 13 at Thailand’s Map Ta Phut import terminal. The 266,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max vessel “Al Bahiya” will deliver a Qatargas cargo on December 21 to Turkey’s Aliaga import terminal, owned by EgeGaz, and one of two LNG facilities near the port of Izmir.