LNG

May 12 (LNGJ) - At least three LNG cargoes are being delivered to the UK in the next week. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity “British Sapphire” was unloading a shipment on May 12 at the UK Isle of Grain terminal in Kent from the Point Fortin plant in Trinidad. Two Qatargas cargoes were then due at the UK South Hook terminal in Milford Haven. The 216,200 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Al Gharrafa” will unload on May 15 at South Hook and the 266,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max vessel “Al Mafyar” was scheduled to berth on May 18.

   The cargoes were heading for the UK as European natural gas prices were still at low levels. The UK National Balancing Point natural gas price fell again this week to $1.65 per million British thermal units while Continental Europe’s Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) price was higher than the NBP at $2.05 per MMBtu.

   Asian spot prices for June were at around $2.05 per MMBtu while oil-linked contract prices were at $6 per MMBtu and above. Among the many shipments on the water, the 160,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Asia Vision” was scheduled to deliver a cargo on May 25 to the Map Ta Phut terminal in Thailand from Wheatstone LNG in Western Australia. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity “GasLog Gibraltar” was due to unload a US shipment at India’s Dahej terminal on May 28 from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana.

Sept 11 (LNGJ) - The 140,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Arctic Voyager” will deliver a cargo on September 12 to the Dutch gate terminal in Rotterdam from the Hammerfest plant in Norway, operated by Equinor. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity carrier “Al Ruwais” will unload a cargo on September 13 at the Hazira terminal near Mumbai, operated by Shell India, from Ras Laffan in Qatar. The 141,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG Adamawa” will unload a shipment on September 16 at the Portuguese Sines terminal from the Bonny Island plant in Nigeria. The 160,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Asia Vision” will unload a cargo on September 18 at the Incheon terminal in South Korea from the Wheatstone export plant in Western Australia operated by Chevron. The 141,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Cross River” will deliver a Nigerian cargo on September 19 to the Indian Dahej terminal, operated by Petronet. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity “British Sapphire” will deliver a shipment on September 22 to the Singapore import terminal on Jurong Island from Atlantic LNG in Trinidad.

July 24 (LNGJ) - The 210,185 cubic metres capacity “Al Bahiya” will deliver a partial cargo on July 25 to the Malta import facility from Ras Laffan in Qatar, according to shipping data. The 145,000 cubic metres capacity “Al Thakira” will unload a Qatargas shipment on July 28 at the Revithoussa import terminal in Greece. The 148,300 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Imo” will deliver a cargo on August 2 to the French Montoir-de-Bretagne terminal on the Atlantic Coast from Bonny island plant in Nigeria. The 150,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Seri Camellia”, owned by Malaysia International Shipping Corp., is scheduled to arrive on August 2 at the Cove Point export plant in the US East Coast state of Maryland to lift a cargo. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “British Sapphire” will deliver a shipment on August 9 to the Map Ta Phut terminal in Thailand from the Trinidad export plant in the Caribbean.

Imports of liquefied natural gas by India in April, the first month of the new fiscal year, as shipments arrived from diverse nations such as Australia, Nigeria, Trinidad and Qatar and as more cargoes were also set to be received from the US amid plans for an expansion of regasification and pipeline infrastructure on the East Coast.

April 9 (LNGJ) - The 138,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “British Merchant”, operated by BP Shipping, will deliver a cargo on April 10 to the Dominican Republic import terminal in the Caribbean, owned by AES, from the Atlantic LNG plant at Point Fortin in Trinidad, according to shipping data. The 145,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Methane Rita Andrea”, operated by GasLog, is scheduled to unload a cargo on April 11 at the Altamira import terminal on the Gulf Coast of Mexico from the Nigeria LNG plant at Bonny Island. The 147,200 cubic metres capacity vessel “Arctic Princess” will deliver a cargo on April 14 to the Lithuanian import facility at the Baltic port of Klaipeda from the Hammerfest plant in Norway, operated by Statoil. The 145,000 cubic metres capacity “Seri Angkasa”, owned by Malaysia International Shipping Corp., will unload a Nigerian cargo on April 15 at the Dabhol import terminal in India. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “British Sapphire” will unload a shipment on April 22 at the Indian Dahej terminal from the Trinidad export plant.