LNG

Eagle LNG Partners of the US has taken delivery of its first small-scale LNG carrier, the “Coral Favia”, from Dutch shipping company Anthony Veder for supply and bunkering services in the Caribbean Basin.

The US Government has reduced its previous benchmark Henry Hub price forecast my over $1 per million British thermal units while LNG exports are set to rise and American consumers will pay 45 percent more for their winter heating oil compared with last winter.

Eagle LNG Partners, said it would partner with the Royal Caribbean Group to provide liquefied natural gas bunkering for the cruise company’s LNG-powered ships.

April 14 (LNGJ) - Eagle LNG Partners of the US has signed an agreement with utility Aqualectra with a view to making Curaçao, located in the Caribbean together with sister islands Aruba and Bonaire, an LNG importer. Curaçao is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands voted for by the people in 2010.

   The Eagle LNG accord will open the way for Aqualectra to secure LNG in ISO containers shipped from the US state of Florida. “Both parties will continue on with the developments that will make supplying of gas possible. This will result in lower production costs, which ultimately means lower electricity and water prices for the people of Curaçao,” said a statement. The accord was signed by Aqualectra Chief Executive Darick Jonis, and Filipe Pinto, Vice President of Business Development of Eagle LNG. “A possible collaboration between Aqualectra and Eagle LNG brings about a great synergy, as Eagle LNG currently offers its services in Aruba as well,” added Eagle.

The US Department of Energy published its latest liquefied natural gas monthly export data showing prices for the plants and with the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Turkey leading the monthly destinations, while the UK has overtaken US neighbour Mexico in the overall standings.

The US Department of Energy has just published its latest liquefied natural gas monthly export data showing rising prices for the six plants and with China again being the top monthly destination followed by a surge of shipments to Turkey in the East Mediterranean.

Eagle LNG Partners said the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had granted authorization for the siting and construction of its second proposed small-scale LNG export facility at the Port of Jacksonville in Florida.

US regulators have issued a positive final environmental impact statement for the planned small-scale liquefaction plant planned for Jacksonville in Florida by Eagle LNG Partners to supply customers in the US and the Caribbean.

Jan 10 (LNGJ) - Eagle LNG, a subsidiary of Ferus Natural Gas Fuels, said it supplied fuel to the Crowley Maritime Corp. vessel “Taino”, the second of two of the world’s first combination container and roll-on-roll-off ships powered by LNG. The “Taino” was refueled at the Eagle LNG shoreside bunkering depot at Jacksonville port in Florida before starting service on the Puerto Rico trade route. The “Taino”, built at the VT Halter Marine shipyard at Pascagoula in Mississippi, is joining its sister ship “El Coqui” to provide fast and environmentally-friendly shipping between Florida and the US territory in the Caribbean at a cost of $550 million, including port upgrades.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has prepared a draft environmental impact statement for the mid-scale Jacksonville project in Florida proposed by Eagle LNG Partners to supply regional power and fuel markets.