LNG

June 27 (LNGJ)- Two LNG shipments are headed for Dutch terminals in the next week, according to shipping data. The carrier “Gaslog Gibraltar “ with 174,000 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to deliver a cargo on June 28 from the Atlantic LNG export plant at Point Fortin in Trinidad to the Eemshaven floating import terminal in Groningen. The cargo was lifted on June 17 from the Caribbean plant.

   A second delivery to the Netherlands is due on July 4 to the Gate terminal in Rotterdam by the Qatari Q-Flex vessel “Umm Slal” with 261,000 cubic metres of capacity. The shipment was loaded on June 14 at the Ras Laffan export plant in the Arabian Gulf.

June 14 (LNGJ) - The Netherlands can expect to receive at least three more LNG deliveries for the remainder of June amid rising natural gas prices with the day-ahead Dutch Title Transfer Facility spot price on the European Energy Exchange hitting the equivalent of $11.240 per million British thermal units. The “Sonangol Benguela” with 160,500 cubic metres of capacity is scheduled to discharge a cargo from Angola on June 19 at the Dutch Gate terminal in Rotterdam, according to shipping data. The cargo was lifted on June 4 from the southwest African nation’s plant at Soyo.

   The “Maran Gas Pericles” carrier, with 174,000 cubic metres capacity, was due to deliver a shipment on June 21 to the newest Dutch facility at Eemshaven in Groningen from the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana and lifted on June 6. The Rotterdam terminal is due to receive a US cargo on June 24 on board the 176,300 cubic metres capacity “Rioja Knutsen” and lifted on June 9 from the Corpus Christi plant in Texas.

March 18 (LNGJ) - Belgian shipping line Exmar has reached an agreement for a five-year charter deal with Dutch utility Gasunie for its 600 million standard cubic feet per day regasification barge, the “FSRU S188”. The vessel will be in operation by the end of the third quarter of 2022. “Gasunie will use the ‘FSRU S188’ as a floating LNG import terminal at Eemshaven in Groningen, the Netherlands, in view of the geopolitical developments currently going on in Europe and the increased emphasis of governments on the security of energy supply,” said a statement.

   “We are happy to reach this agreement with Gasunie,” said Nicolas Saverys, Executive Chairman of Antwerp-based Exmar. “It proves the possibilities of our floating infrastructure solutions as a quick-to-market and competitive solution for securing energy supply,” added Saverys.