LNG

May 4 (LNGJ) - The Klaipeda LNG import terminal in the Baltic state of Lithuania, operated by energy company AB Klaipedos Nafta, said it expected to receive its first cargo from Egypt to help replace some Norwegian shipments halted by the Hammerfest plant shutdown. The cargo was lifted from the Royal Dutch Shell-operated Idku export plant, located east of the port of Alexandria. It is scheduled to arrive on May 7 in Lithuania from the East Mediterranean on board the 164,700 cubic metres capacity LNG carrier, the “LNG Fukurokuju”.

Italian company Eni, one of the biggest energy players in Egypt, said it was trying to find an agreement to allow the restart of the idled Damietta LNG export facility, located east of Alexandria, and one of two Egyptian liquefaction facilities on the East Mediterranean coast.