LNG

Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd, the owner and operator of 13 LNG vessels including floating storage and regasification (FSRU) units, said the outlook for the FSRU market was expected to remain strong as another terminal plan progressed for the Netherlands in the port of Vlissingen.

Feb 12 (LNGJ) - Three cargoes are heading for the Netherlands and Germany in the next week. The “Grace Emilia” with 173,955 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to deliver a US cargo to the Dutch Gate terminal in Rotterdam on February 16, according to shipping data. The shipment was loaded on February 4 at the Cove Point plant in Maryland.

   The “Alicante Knusten” with 174,000 cubic metres capacity is due to deliver a US cargo on February 17 to the Rotterdam terminal and which was loaded on February 2 at the Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana. The carrier “Castillo De Caldelas” with capacity of 176,300 cubic metres is scheduled to discharge a shipment on February 19 at the German import terminal at the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven. The cargo was lifted on February 2 from the Sabine Pass plant.

Jan 24 (LNGJ) - Two US LNG cargoes are heading for the Netherlands, including the first delivery of February. The vessel “Diamond Gas Metropolis” with 174,100 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to discharge a cargo on January 30 at the Dutch Gate terminal in Rotterdam. Shipping data shows that the cargo was loaded on January 16 at the Cameron export plant in Louisiana, operated by Sempra.

   The carrier “Woodside Rees Withers” with 173,400 of capacity is scheduled to deliver a cargo on February 2 to the Eemshaven floating terminal in Groningen. The cargo was lifted on January 19 from the Cheniere Energy-operated plant at Corpus Christi in Texas.

Sept 4 (LNG) – Three cargoes are heading for Northwest European LNG import terminals in the days ahead. The “Berge Arzew” with 138,100 of capacity is due to deliver a cargo from Algeria on September 6 to the UK Isle of Grain terminal on the Medway River in Kent, according to shipping data. The cargo was lifted on August 29 from the Algerian plant at Arzew.

   The carrier “BW Lilac” with 174,300 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to discharge a US cargo on September 6 at the Dutch Gate terminal in Rotterdam. The cargo was lifted on August 24 from the Calcasieu Pass plant in Louisiana. Belgium will receive a shipment from Qatar on September 7 at the Zeebrugge terminal onboard the “Al Marrouna” with 149,540 cubic metres capacity. The cargo was loaded on August 20 at the Ras Laffan plant in the Arabian Gulf.

July 28 (LNGJ) - UK major BP and Austrian energy company OMV have signed a long-term sale and purchase agreement covering supply of up to 1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per annum to the land-locked Austrians for 10 years from 2026.

   “Under the terms of the agreement, BP will provide OMV with LNG from its diverse and global portfolio of LNG, which will be received and regasified through the Gate LNG terminal in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where OMV holds regasification capacity, or other terminals in Europe,” BP said.

May 22 (LNGJ) - The Netherlands is scheduled to receive two LNG deliveries this week at the Gate terminal in Rotterdam from the US Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana.

   The “Transgas Force” with 174,000 cubic metres of capacity is scheduled to berth on May 27 with a shipment from the US facility lifted on May 8, according to shipping data. A second delivery from the Louisiana plant is due to arrive on May 29 on board the “Gail Bhuwan”, which has capacity of 176,500 cubic metres.

Gasunie, the Dutch utility and LNG import terminal shareholder in the Netherlands and Germany, said it was working on options to increase LNG with further expansion of the existing capacity off the North Sea port at Eemshaven and at the Gate facility in Rotterdam.

Gasunie admitted that a recently announced feasibility study had shown that a new floating LNG terminal in the port of Terneuzen in the Dutch Zeelandic region was not feasible in the short term.

“In this study, Gasunie is working closely with Vopak,” said the utility in reference to the Dutch storage company and its partner in the Rotterdam terminal.

“The aim of realising temporary LNG import capacity in Terneuzen in the short term and for a limited period proved to be technically and commercially unfeasible,” explained Gasunie.

“It is therefore unwise to embark on the construction of a temporary additional terminal,” it added.

“Gasunie thanks its project partners and stakeholders in Zeeland for the good cooperation in the study phase,” stated Groningen-based Gasunie.

Brunsbüttel stake

Gasunie is additionally a shareholder in the proposed German onshore LNG import terminal at Brunsbüttel on the Elbe River.

Its partners in Brunsbüttel are the German utility RWE and the German federal finance agency, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).

Gasunie said that the exploration of a new floating LNG terminal in the Netherlands is part of a broader package of proposed measures to increase LNG import capacity.

“This is necessary to cope with the loss of Russian natural gas and reduce scarcity of gas in the European market,” said the company.

Gasunie said it would continue to explore new opportunities for import capacity.

“For example, work is now continuing on initiatives to further expand the existing capacity of the LNG terminals in the Netherlands at Maasvlakte (Gate terminal) and in Eemshaven,” said the company.

“At the Gate terminal, this involves a possible fourth tank with a capacity of 4 billion cubic metres of natural gas and at Eemshaven, a technical optimisation of the existing plant is being investigated,” it added.

“The ambition of EemsEnergy Terminal is to be able to handle 9 billion cubic metres of natural gas before the end of this year and then to grow to 10 Bcm,” stated Gasunie.

Feb 7 (LNGJ) - Royal Vopak, the energy and LNG storage and terminals company, has acquired the shares of Gunvor Petroleum Antwerp from commodities trading group   Gunvor, giving it access to the Gunvor concession in the Belgian port of Antwerp to develop an energy hub. “Vopak is committed to sustainably redeveloping the site. together with the Port of Antwerp-Bruges,” said Vopak.

   The site is some 105 hectares in size and offers deep-sea, river, road and rail access, as well as pipeline connections to Northwest Europe. “Vopak will reconfigure the concession with the primary aim of making a positive contribution to the decarbonisation of the industrial cluster on the Antwerp port platform,” added the Dutch company. “The Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Vopak will continue their discussions to structure their common strategic ambition, which is to jointly develop a new green energy hub,” said Vopak.

Oct 26 (LNGJ) - LNG cargoes are heading for Belgium and the Netherlands. The 206,960 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex LNG carrier “Umm Al Amad” is scheduled to deliver a shipment on October 27 to the Zeebrugge import terminal in Belgium, according to shipping data. The cargo was lifted on October 9 from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar. 

   The 174,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Maria Energy” is scheduled to discharge a US cargo on October 29 at the Gate terminal in Rotterdam from the Calcasieu Pass export plant in Louisiana.

The Dutch Gate LNG import terminal in Rotterdam, a joint venture between Dutch utility Gasunie and global storage company Royal Dutch Vopak, is proceeding with its open season to gauge market interest in an additional 4 billion cubic metres per annum of capacity.