LNG

The US Department of Energy has just published its latest liquefied natural gas monthly export data showing rising prices for the six plants and with China and Brazil being the top destinations, while the number of receiving nations increased to 40 as the Central American state of Nicaragua joined the list.

Teekay LNG Partners, whose gas group units own, charter or have stakes in 77 vessels, including 47 liquefied natural gas carriers and 30 liquefied petroleum gas or multi-gas vessels, reported a first-quarter net loss while adjusted revenues increased.

Teekay LNG, the shipping company with almost 50 LNG carriers in its fleet, said it secured new fixed-rate charters for two of its majority-owned LNG carriers successfully refinanced its existing $225 million unsecured revolving credit facility.

Teekay LNG Partners recorded strong earnings for the fourth quarter and the full year after successfully completing its newbuild programme and securing attractive time-charters during the year amid the start-up of the Bahrain import project in the Gulf.

Italian energy company Eni, with recent natural gas discoveries in nations such as Mozambique and Egypt, has signed an accord with the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain covering issues like LNG supply and exploration.

Teekay LNG Partners, the US-listed tanker fleet owner and operator of about 50 LNG vessels, reported record net earnings after an eventful third quarter when it was briefly caught up in the Iran oil sanctions issue amid the delivery of more LNG newbuilds and ahead of the start-up by year-end of the Bahrain regasification project.

Aug 1 (LNGJ) - Fleet owner Teekay LNG said it was looking forward to second-half revenues from Bahrain LNG import operations in the Gulf from its stake in the project and its 20-charter agreement for the 173,000 cubic metres capacity “Bahrain Spirit” floating storage unit (FSU).

   Bahrain's first LNG terminal is near the existing breakwater at the Khalifa Bin Salman Port. It includes the FSU provided by Teekay and a regasification platform. The project is owned by four companies, including the Gulf state’s National Oil & Gas Authority, Teekay, South Korea’s Samsung C&T and the Gulf Investment Corp.

   Mark Kremin, Teekay Gas Group President and Chief Executive, said he expected financial results for the second half of 2019 to improve with new charters, the delivery of another three 50 percent-owned newbuilds for the Yamal LNG project in Russia and the start-up of the Bahrain LNG regasification terminal.

The Gulf kingdom Bahrain, set to start LNG imports soon, has signed an exploration and production sharing agreement with Eni, the Italian energy company with a recent record of huge natural gas discoveries offshore Egypt and Mozambique.