LNG

Royal Vopak of the Netherlands has reached a positive final investment decision with Canada’s AltaGas to proceed with a large-scale energy and bulk liquids terminal at Ridley Island in the Canadian Pacific province of British Columbia.

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 3 (LNGJ) - Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany are scheduled to receive assorted cargo deliveries this week. The vessel “LNG Benue” with 142,990 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to deliver a shipment from Nigeria on October 8 to the Belgian import terminal at Zeebrugge, according to shipping data.

   The “Traiano Knutsen” with 180,000 of capacity will discharge a US cargo on October 6 at the Dutch floating import facilities at Eemshaven in Groningen. The cargo was loaded on September 18 at the Corpus Christi export plant in Texas. The carrier “Arctic Discoverer” with 139,760 cubic metres capacity is due to unload a cargo from Norway on October 5 at the German North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven. The shipment was lifted on September 23 from the Hammerfest plant in Northern Norway.

July 4 (LNGJ) - At last three LNG cargoes are headed for the Netherlands in the next two week. The “Asia Integrity” carrier with 160,000 cubic metres of capacity is scheduled to deliver a cargo on July 6 from Equatorial Guinea in West Africa to the Eemshaven terminal in Groningen. Shipping data shows that the cargo was lifted on June 15 from the Punta Europa plant on the African nation’s Bioko Island.

   The “Maran Gas Ulysses” with 174,000 cubic metres of capacity is due to deliver a US shipment to Eemshaven on July 10. The cargo was loaded on June 25 at Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass facility in Louisiana. A second US delivery to the Netherlands will be made on July 18 to the Gate terminal in Rotterdam by the “LNG Sakura” carrier with 177,000 cubic metres of capacity. The cargo was lifted on June 29 from the Cove Point plant in Maryland.

Imports of liquefied natural gas to the 28 countries of the European Union averaged 5.1 billion cubic feet per day, increasing for a third consecutive year, though remaining below the 2011 peak with LNG now accounting for just 11 percent of overall EU natural gas supply.

European classification society DNV GL has opened a liquefied natural gas test centre in Groningen in the Netherlands to enable safer and more efficient use of the fuel as demand grows from the shipping and transport sectors.