LNG

Nov 19 (LNG) - The UK is set to receive a liquefied natural gas cargo next week from Russia. The 172,600 cubic metres capacity vessel “Christophe De Margerie” is scheduled to deliver a shipment on November 24 to the UK Dragon terminal at Milford Haven in Wales from the Yamal export facility in Arctic Russia, according to port authorities.

   A previous Russian cargo was delivered to the UK on June 15 to the Isle of Grain terminal on the Medway-Thames estuary 45 miles southeast of London onboard the 177,000 cubic metres of capacity carrier “Boris Vilkitsky”. At that time the UK benchmark National Balancing Point (NBP) natural gas price was at the equivalent of $9.55 per million British thermal units. It was quoted on November 19 at $32.35 per MMBtu.

July 5 (LNGJ) – Russian and US cargoes are still pointing at Europe as the natural gas benchmark price, the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), is at record 2021 levels for the Northern Hemisphere summer season. The 177,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Boris Vilkitsky” is expected to deliver a cargo on July 8 to the Montoir-de-Bretagne import terminal on the Atlantic Coast of France from the Yamal plant in northern Siberia operated by Novatek, according to shipping data.

   Among other cargoes for Europe, the 154,880 cubic metres capacity vessel “BW Pavilion Vanda” is scheduled to deliver a US shipment on July 19 to Poland’s import terminal at the Baltic port of Swinoujście from the Corpus Christi export plant in Texas. The cargoes were heading for Europe as the Dutch TTF hit the equivalent of $12.45 per million British thermal units while the UK National Balancing Point natural gas price was around $12.30 per MMBtu.

June 14 (LNGJ) - The “Boris Vilkitsky” with 177,000 cubic metres of capacity is scheduled to deliver a Russian LNG cargo on June 15 to the Isle of Grain LNG import terminal, operated by National Grid Plc, on the Medway-Thames estuary 45 miles southeast of London. The shipment, lifted on June 7 from the Yamal plant in northern Siberia, is arriving in the UK as the National Balancing Point (NBP) natural gas price was at the equivalent of $9.55 per million British thermal units. The Dutch Title Transfer (TTF)) price for Continental Europe was at the equivalent of $9.85 per MMBtu.

April 14 (LNGJ) - Two LNG carriers, one from Russia and one for Qatar, are heading for the UK with deliveries early next week for the two import terminals at the Port of Milford Haven in Wales. The 177,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Boris Vilkitsky” is scheduled to berth on April 19 at the Dragon terminal at Milford Haven with a shipment from the Yamal plant in the Russian Arctic. On the same day, the 258,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max vessel “Al Samriya” will discharge a cargo at the South Hook facility from Ras Laffan in Qatar.

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.