LNG

Jan 16 (LNGJ) - China is receiving ample January LNG shipments as about 20 carriers proceed to the network of import terminals with cargoes from nations such as Qatar, Nigeria, Australia and the US. Among the planned shipments, the 160,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Arctic Aurora” is scheduled to unload a cargo on January 18 at the Ningbo facility in Zhenjiang province from the Queensland Curtis plant in Australia, according to shipping data. The 174,100 cubic metres capacity “Cesi Gladstone” will unload a shipment on January 21 at the northeast port of Tianjin from the Australia-Pacific LNG plant in Queensland.

   The 148,300 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG Ondo” will deliver a cargo on January 24 to the Qidong terminal in Jiangsu province from the Nigeria LNG plant on Bonny Island. The 170,050 cubic metres capacity carrier “Hoegh Giant” is scheduled to arrive on January 25 at the Chinese port of Tianjin with a cargo from the US Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana. The 266,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Al Dafna” will deliver a cargo on January 25 to PetroChina’s Tangshan terminal in northeast Hebei province from Ras Laffan in Qatar. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Al Ruwais” will deliver a Qatargas cargo on January 28 to the Tangshan facility. The 145,700 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG Benue” is also scheduled to arrive at Tangshan with a Nigerian cargo on January 29.

The Chinese National Development and Reform Commission has urged natural gas supply companies to “standardize price behaviour” amid a surge in demand for pipeline natural gas and LNG for delivery to import facilities such as Tangshan and Tianjin as colder weather hits Northern China.

Jan 18 (LNGJ) - The 155,000 cubic metres capacity “British Ruby”, operated by BP Shipping, is scheduled to deliver an Indonesian cargo on January 23 to the Indian Dahej import terminal, owned by Petronet LNG, according to shipping data. The 174,100 cubic metres capacity “Cesi Gladstone” will unload a cargo on January 23 at the Qingdao import terminal in China, owned by Sinopec, from the Australia Pacific LNG plant in Queensland, eastern Australia. In another shipping movement, the 160,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Energy Atlantic” will unload a shipment on January 23 at the Egyptian port of Ain Sokhna in the Gulf of Suez from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar.

Nov 17 (LNGJ) - The 217,000 cubic metres capacity “Al Kharsaah” will deliver a Qatari cargo on November 19 to the Pakistani import terminal at Port Qasim, near Karachi. The 160,000 cubic metres capacity “Asia Energy” will deliver a shipment on November 20 to the Chinese import terminal at Qingdao, owned by Sinopec, from the Australia Pacific LNG plant in Queensland, eastern Australia. The new carrier, the 174,000 cubic metres capacity “Cesi Gladstone”, operated by Mitsui OSK Lines, is scheduled to arrive at the APLNG plant on November 20 to lift its first cargo.