LNG

Sept 13 (LNGJ) – The 160,500 cubic metres capacity vessel “Sonangol Benguela” will unload a shipment on September 15 at the Tong-Yeong terminal in South Korea from the Angolan liquefaction plant at Soyo in southwest Africa. The 160,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Cubal” is scheduled to unload a cargo from Angola on September 22 at the Yung-An terminal in Taiwan. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “British Ruby” will deliver a cargo on September 22 to the Map Ta Phut terminal in Thailand from Atlantic LNG plant in Trinidad. The 161,880 cubic metres capacity vessel “BW Pavilion Vanda” will deliver a cargo on September 18 to the South Korean Boryeong terminal, reloaded from Singapore. The 171,800 cubic metres capacity vessel “Papua” will deliver a shipment on September 21 to the Qingdao terminal, owned by Sinopec, in northeast Shandong province from Papua New Guinea. The 145,000 cubic metres capacity carrier Methane Heather Sally will deliver a shipment on September 30 to the Chinese Zhoushan terminal, operated by Enn Group, in eastern Zhejiang province, from Ras Laffan in Qatar.

South Korea, the world’s third-largest liquefied natural gas importer, has suspended plans to end nuclear power generation as a summer heatwave has exposed security of supply issues and five nuclear plants are being brought back on line to support LNG and coal-fired electricity generation during the peak demand period of August.

South Korean liquefied natural gas imports rose by 8.8 percent in June compared with a year ago as shipments arrived from main supplier Qatar and other nations, including Australia, the US, Oman, Indonesia and Malaysia, which delivered a cargo from its floating plant offshore Sarawak.

South Korean liquefied natural gas imports rose 22.5 percent compared with the same month of 2017 as more shipments came in from Qatar, Australia and the United States and three cargoes were re-exported from Europe.

Nov 2 (LNGJ) - The 160,100 cubic metres capacity vessel “Kita LNG” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on November 14 to Thailand’s Map Ta Phut regasification terminal from the US Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana, owned by Cheniere Energy. The 160,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Asia Endeavour” will deliver a cargo on November 7 to the South Korean Boryeong facility, owned by GS Energy, from the Gorgon LNG plant in Western Australia, operated by Chevron. The 261,700 cubic metres capacity “Al Ghuwairiya” will unload a shipment on November 14 at the South Korean Incheon terminal, operated by Korea Gas Corp, from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar.

Oct 11 (LNGJ) - The 75,000 cubic metres capacity “Cheikh Bouamama” is scheduled to unload an Algerian cargo on October 11 at the Cartagena import terminal in southeast Spain, according to shipping data. The 140,000 metres capacity vessel “Arctic Voyager” will deliver a cargo on October 19 to the Bilbao terminal in northwest Spain from the Hammerfest plant in Norway, operated by Statoil. The 266,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Al Dafna” will deliver a cargo on October 15 to the South Korean Tong-Yeong terminal, operated by Korea Gas Corp., from Ras Laffan in Qatar. The 160,000 cubic metres capacity “Asia Excellence” will unload a shipment on October 18 at the South Korean Boryeong terminal, owned by SK E&S, from the Bontang plant in Indonesia.