LNG

More than forty Qatari LNG carriers, some 3.4mmt of carrying capacity, waiting in- and outside Hormuz, eager to follow Disha’s open crossing. Vessels are not the constraint. The strait and the offline Ras Laffan trains are.

India has rejected a cargo of Russian LNG from the US-sanctioned terminal despite domestic supply shortages amid Middle East tensions – effectively stranding a 138,200-cbm tanker near Singapore, according to Reuters and ship-tracking data.

Uniper has agreed to supply up to 0.5 mtpa of LNG to India’s Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC) under a 10-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA), starting January 2028. Cargoes will be shipped to LNG terminals on India's west coast, including Dahej and Mundra.

The Indian Hiranandani group said a floating storage and regasification import project at Jaigarh port, south of the West Coast city of Mumbai, is on scheduled to start commercial operations by the fourth quarter of 2019, a year behind schedule.

Indian liquefied natural gas imports dropped by almost 18 percent, the second monthly decline after six straight months of increases, as deliveries were led by Qatar and cargoes were also supplied by African nations such as Nigeria and Angola.

Nov 13 (LNGJ) - The 137,230 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG Rivers” is unloading a cargo on November 13 at the Huelva terminal in southwest Spain from the Bonny Island plant in Nigeria, according to shipping data. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Umm Al Amad” will deliver a shipment on November 14 to the Pakistani Port Qasim import facilities, located east of Karachi, from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Gaslog Salem” will deliver a Qatargas cargo on November 18 to the Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium. The 138,088 cubic metres capacity vessel “Berge Arzew” will unload a shipment on November 18 at the Aliaga facility in Turkey from the Sonatrach-operated plant in Algeria.

   The 155,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Gaslog Savannah” will deliver a cargo on November 20 to the Japanese Hachinohe terminal, owned by Nippon Oil, from the Woodside Petroleum export facilities at Dampier in Western Australia. The 160,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Cubal” will deliver a shipment on November 28 to the Indian Dahej terminal, owned by Petronet, from the Angolan plant in southwest Africa. The 266,000 cubic metres capacity carrier Aamira will deliver a Qatargas cargo to the South Korean Incheon terminal on December 3.

Nov 6 (LNGJ) - The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Al Sheehaniya” was unloading a cargo on November 6 at the Indian Hazira terminal near Mumbai from Ras Laffan in Qatar, according to shipping data. The 217,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Al Kharsaah” will unload a Qatargas shipment on November 11 at the Dahej terminal in India, operated by Petronet. The 172,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Boris Vilkitsky” will deliver a cargo on November 16 to the Montoir-de-Bretagne terminal in Western France from the Yamal plant in Russia. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “British Emerald” will unload a shipment on December 1 at the Map Ta Phut terminal in Thailand from Atlantic LNG in Trinidad. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Gaslog Santiago” has just departed from Point Fortin in Trinidad and is scheduled to deliver a shipment to an as yet unnamed Chinese terminal on December 3.

Oct 10 (LNGJ) - The 177,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Spirit of Hela” was unloading a cargo on October 10 at the Chinese Qingdao terminal owned by Sinopec from the Oceania nation of Papua New Guinea whose export plant is operated by ExxonMobil. The 75,500 cubic metres capacity Med-Class carrier “Cheikh Bouamama” will deliver a shipment on October 12 to the Cartagena terminal in southeast Spain from the Skikda plant in Algeria operated by Sonatrach. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity vessel “Al Ruwais” will deliver a shipment on October 14 to the Port Qasim facilities in Pakistan from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar.

The 141,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Akwa Ibom” will unload a cargo on October 15 at the Indian Dahej terminal near Mumbai from the Bonny island plant in Nigeria. The 176,300 cubic metres capacity carrier “Rioja Knutsun” will deliver a US shipment on October 16 to the Huelva terminal in southwest Spain from the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana, owned by Cheniere Energy. The 177,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Lagos II” will deliver a Nigerian cargo on October 17 to the Marmara Ereglisi terminal in Turkey.

The 210,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Al Nuaman” is scheduled to deliver a Qatargas cargo on October 20 to the Belgian Zeebrugge terminal. The 150,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Ob River” will unload a shipment on October 20 at the Japanese Mitzushima terminal owned by Nippon Oil from the Russian Sakhalin Island plant.

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.

Indian LNG imports rose for a fifth straight month as volumes increased from new long-term supply contracts in Australia and the US while the costs of the cargoes also surged for the Asian nation.