LNG

May 21 (LNGJ) - The 261,700 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Al Ghuwairiya” was unloading a cargo on May 21 at the Chinese Dalian import terminal, operated by PetroChina in the northeast Liaoning Province, from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar. The 152,300 cubic metres capacity vessel “Seri Bagawan”, operated by MISC, will deliver a cargo on June 3 to the Beihai terminal, owned by Sinopec, from Gladstone in Queensland, eastern Australia. The 145,700 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Benue” will deliver cargo on June 4 to the Indian Hazira import terminal, owned by Shell India, from the Nigerian export plant on Bonny Island. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity carrier “Al Ghariya” is scheduled to deliver a Qatargas cargo on June 5 to the Chinese Shanwei terminal in southern Guangdong province.

Jan 17 (LNGJ) - The 172,000 cubic metres capacity “Beidou Star” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on January 27 to the Chinese Dalian import terminal, owned by PetroChina, from the Gorgon LNG plant on Barrow Island in Western Australia. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity “Gaslog Glasgow” will deliver a shipment on January 29 to the Chinese Tianjin North import terminal, owned by Sinopec, from the Australia Pacific LNG plant In Queensland, operated by ConocoPhillips. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity “Gaslog Sydney” is heading for South America’s only LNG export plant at Pampa Melchorita in Peru to lift a cargo on January 29 for Asia.

July 18 (LNGJ) – The 172,000 cubic metres capacity “Beidou Star” is scheduled to deliver a shipment on July 24 to the Chinese Dalian import terminal, owned by PetroChina, from the Gorgon export plant on Barrow Island in Western Australia, operated by Chevron, according to shipping data. The 174,100 cubic metres capacity “Cesi Qingdao” will deliver a cargo on July 24 to the Tangshan terminal in Hebei province, owned by Sinopec, from the Australia Pacific LNG plant in Gladstone in Queensland.

Chinese liquefied natural gas imports increased last month as more volumes arrived from nations such as Australia and regular suppliers like Indonesia and Qatar.

Kunlun Energy Co., a subsidiary of PetroChina, plans to sell upstream assets and may buy an LNG import terminal in northern China to go with the two it already operates and to expand its city-gas distribution business.

April 4 (LNGJ) - The 261,700 cubic metres Q-Max carrier “Lijmiliya” has just delivered a cargo to the Chinese Dalian import terminal, operated by PetroChina. The 137,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Pacific Notus” was berthed at the Darwin LNG plant, operated by ConocoPhillips, to load a cargo for Japan. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity “GasLog Shanghai” has just delivered a cargo from Peru to the Manzanillo import terminal on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity “Tangguh Sago” has unloaded an Indonesian shipment at the South Korean import terminal at Pyeongtaek