LNG

Dec 18 (LNGJ) - The UK is scheduled to receive at least three LNG cargoes in the coming week from Trinidad, Norway and the US Gulf Coast. The “Bilbao Knutsen” with 135,000 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to discharge a cargo from Trinidad on December 22 at the UK Dragon import terminal at the Port of Milford Haven. The cargo was loaded on November 21 at the Caribbean nation’s Point Fortin facility, according to shipping data.

   The “Arctic Princess” with 147,835 cubic metres capacity is due to deliver a cargo to the Dragon terminal on December 25 from the Hammerfest plant in northern Norway. The shipment was lifted on December 17 from the Norwegian facility. A second cargo is due for delivery to Milford Haven on December 25 at the South Hook terminal on board the “Traiano Knutsen” with 180,000 cubic metres capacity. That shipment was loaded on December 3 at Sempra’s Cameron plant in Louisiana.

Höegh LNG Partners, the company with five ships and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has notified the NYSE of the anticipated closing date of around September 23 when its merger with Höegh LNG Holdings is finalised and its shares delisted.

The first cargo to leave the Hammerfest liquefaction and export plant in northern Norway since the September 2020 fire is on its way to re-connecting the Norwegian seaborne gas supply chain for the European Union.

June 3 (LNGJ) - Norwegian LNG exporter Equinor said three LNG tankers, the “Arctic Voyager”, the “Arctic Lady” and the “Arctic Princess” are anchored off Melkøya Island in northern Norway ready to receive cargoes from the re-started Hammerfest LNG plant.

   “Normally, it takes 4-5 days to fill the storage tanks at the plant, before the ships are loaded with LNG for shipping to receiving terminals in various markets. In full production, a ship will leave Melkøya approximately every five days,” said the company. Hammerfest LNG accounts for more than 5 percent of Norwegian gas exports and has production capacity of around 4.8 million tonnes per annum.

June 19 (LNGJ) - The 155,000 cubic metres caapcity vessel “Gaslog Saratoga” will deliver a cargo on June 22 to the Tong-Yeong import terminal in South Korea, operated by Korea Gas Corp., from the Gorgon plant on Barrow island in Western Australia, according to shipping data. The 147,200 cubic metres capacity carrier “Arctic Princess” will deliver a cargo on June 24 to the Bilbao import terminal in northwest Spain from the Hammerfest plant in Norway operated by Equinor. The 172,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Boris Vilkitsky” will deliver a shipment on June 25 to the French Montoir-de-Bretagne terminal on the Atlantic coast from the Russian Yamal plant in Siberia. The 137,230 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Sokoto” will unload a cargo on June 25 at the Marmaris Ereglisi import terminal in Turkey from the Nigeria plant on Bonny Island.