First US LNG cargo discharges in southern China
China has received its first US LNG cargo in nearly 1.5 years, with the Al Fat’h carrier – loaded at Plaquemines in early June – berthing and discharging at Yangpu LNG terminal in Hainan, southern China. Al Fat'h's charterer is reportedly QatarEnergy LNG, which has a 3 mtpa supply obligation with PetroChina.
China and Japan deliveries
Aug 28 (LNGJ) - The 145,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Pacific Enlighten” is expected to arrive on August 29 at the Japanese Oita import facility, owned by Kyushu Electric, to unload a cargo from the Dampier export terminal in Western Australia, operated by Woodside, according to shipping data. The 160,500 cubic metres capacity vessel “Sonangol Benguela” will deliver a cargo on September 1 to the Hainan import terminal in China, operated by China National Offshore Oil Corp., from the Angola LNG export plant at Soyo in southwest Africa. The 135,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Hyundai Oceanpia” is scheduled to arrive on September 12 at the US Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana to lift a cargo for South Korea.
Qatargas delivers first LNG cargo for China's Hainan terminal
China National Oil Corporation's (CNOOC) will use Qatargas' first delivered LNG cargo to commission its new regasification terminal in Hainan province in the coming days.
