LNG

Novatek, the Russian natural gas company and operator of the Yamal LNG export plant and developer of the delayed Arctic LNG II venture, has reported positive operating data for the second quarter of 2024 amid continued Western sanctions.

May 28 (LNGJ) - Two LNG carriers carrying Russian cargoes have entered the North Sea to discharge volumes at West European regasification terminals. The tanker “Nikolay Yevgenov” with 172,600 cubic metres of capacity lifted a cargo on May 23 from the Russian Yamal plant in Northern Siberia.

   The Cypriot-flagged vessel “Fedor Litke” with 177,000 cubic metres capacity was also heading for a regional terminal with a shipment loaded on May 24 at the Yamal facility, according to shipping data. A third carrier, the 172,000 cubic metres capacity “Yakov Gakkel”, was heading back to the Russian LNG export plant at Sabetta after delivering a cargo to the French import terminal in Dunkirk.

Titan Clean Fuels, a leading Dutch supplier of liquefied natural gas and bio-methane for shipping, has performed the largest bio-LNG ship-to-ship bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam by providing 2,200 tonnes of fuel to a Hapag-Lloyd container vessel.

Dec 5 (LNGJ) - Cargoes are heading to Germany, the UK and Belgium in the next week from Angola, the US and Qatar. The LNG carrier “Cubal” with 155,000 cubic metres capacity is due to unload a cargo on December 8 at the German North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven. The cargo was lifted on November 25 from the Soyo plant in the southwest African nation, according to shipping data.

   The “Gaslog Galveston” with 174,240 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to discharge a US cargo on December 9 at the UK South Hook import terminal at the port of Milford Haven. The cargo was lifted on November 21 from the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana. The Qatari Q-Flex vessel “Tembek” with 211,880 of capacity is due to deliver a cargo from Qatar on December 9 to the Belgian import terminal at Zeebrugge. The shipment was loaded on November 18 at Ras Laffan in the Gulf.

Nov 22 (LNGJ) - LNG cargoes are heading for Belgium and the Netherlands over the next week. The vessel “Maran Gas Troy” with 159,800 of capacity is scheduled to berth with a US cargo on November 23 at the Belgian import terminal at Zeebrugge. The shipment was lifted on November 10 from the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana, according to shipping data. A Russian delivery is then scheduled at Zeebrugge on November 26 onboard the carrier “Boris Davydov” with 172,000 cubic metres capacity. The cargo was loaded on November 20 at the Sabetta terminal on the Yamal Peninsula of northern Siberia.

   A third cargo is then due at Zeebrugge on November 29 from Angola on the vessel “Sonangol Benguela” with 160,500 metres of capacity. The volumes were lifted on November 13 from the Soyo export plant in the southwest African nation. Two cargoes are heading for the Netherlands from Texas. The “Adamastos” with 174,100 cubic metres of capacity is scheduled to arrive at November 25 at the Eemshaven facility in Groningen with a cargo from the Corpus Christi plant in Texas lifted on November 10. The carrier “WilPride” with 156,000 cubic metres capacity will discharge a Texas cargo on November 29 at the Gate terminal in Rotterdam. The volumes were loaded at Corpus Christi on November 13.

Oct 5 (LNG) - Two cargoes are heading for Belgium and the Netherlands later in October. The vessel “Adriano Knutsen” with 178,980 cubic metres of capacity is due to arrive with a US cargo on October 18 at the Dutch Eemshaven floating import facilities in Groningen. The cargo was loaded on October 3 at the Cameron export plant in Louisiana, according to shipping data. The carrier “Umm Bab” with 143,700 cubic metres of capacity is scheduled to deliver a cargo from Qatar on October 21 to the Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium. The shipment was lifted on October 3 at Ras Laffan.

Sept 28 (LNGJ) - Three cargoes are heading for the European Union nations, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium in the days ahead. The LNG carrier “Rias Baixas Knutsen” with capacity of 180,000 cubic metres is scheduled to discharge a US cargo on September 29 at the floating terminal at the German North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven, according to shipping data. The cargo was lifted on September 8 from the Cameron export point in Louisiana.

   The vessel “Woodside Rees Withers” with 173,400 cubic metres capacity is due to unload a US shipment on September 30 at the Dutch Gate terminal in Rotterdam. The cargo was lifted on September 17 from the Corpus Christi export plant in Texas. The carrier “Clean Vision” with 162,000 cubic metres of capacity is scheduled to deliver a Russian cargo on September 30 to the Belgian terminal at Zeebrugge. The cargo was loaded on September 22 at the Yamal Arctic export plant at Sabetta.

 Sept 19 (LNGJ) - Royal Vopak, the Dutch global storage company and LNG sector participant, has reached agreement with Infracapital on the sale of Vopak chemical terminals in Rotterdam. Vopak, whose latest LNG investment was taking a 50 percent stake in the Dutch Eemshaven terminal in Groningen with utility Gasunie, said it reached an agreement with Infracapital on the sale of its three chemical terminals in Rotterdam, the Botlek, TTR and Chemiehaven facilities for a total price of €407 million ($434M).

   Infracapital, an equity investment arm of M&G Plc of the UK, is a specialist European infrastructure investor and has a track record of owning assets in the Netherlands. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close before the year-end. “Although within Vopak we will surely miss our colleagues at the chemical terminals in Rotterdam, we are convinced that our customers and colleagues will be well served by partnering with Infracapital who is a long-term and an experienced infrastructure investor,” said Patrick van der Voort, Vopak’s Business Unit President.

The United States said it exported more liquefied natural gas than any other country in the first half of 2023 with shipments averaging 11.6 billion cubic feet per day during the period, which was 4 percent more than in the same six months of the previous year.

Asian liquefied natural gas spot prices edged lower for August while the European Union wholesale gas benchmark plunged on the week to a 26-month low under $9 per million British thermal units - after being at $53 per MMBtu a year ago - as gas demand dropped on the Continent and EU gas storage was filling up.