LNG

March 2 (LNGJ) - The 155,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Gaslog Seattle” delivered a cargo on March 2 to the Jordanian port of Aqaba from the US Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana, according to shipping data. The 160,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Asia Excellence”, owned by Chevron, was unloading a cargo on March 2 at the Chinese Yangshan import terminal at Shanghai port, from Gorgon LNG in Western Australia. The 155,900 cubic metres capacity carrier “Woodside Rogers” was unloading a shipment on March 2 at Taiwan’s Yung-An terminal from Woodside Petroleum’s export facility at Dampier in Western Australia.

The Kingdom of Jordan is seeking the supply of more than 30 LNG cargoes in 2018 before the completion in 2019 of the Israeli Leviathan natural gas field that will send offshore pipeline gas to Israel’s Arab neighbour amounting to 35 million tonnes of LNG over 15 years.

Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG export plant in Louisiana sent out three fewer cargoes compared with the record 16 shipments logged in the previous month, according to the latest data showing US deliveries to nine different countries at lower prices, including three to the Middle East and one to Thailand.

Dec 14 (LNGJ) - The 148,300 cubic metres capacity “LNG Imo” will deliver a shipment on December 23 to the Jordanian import facility at the port of Aqaba from the Nigeria LNG plant at Bonny Island, according to shipping data. The 160,000 cubic metres capacity “Asia Energy” will deliver a cargo to the Japanese terminal at Himeji, operated by Kansai Electric, on December 18 from the Australia Pacific LNG plant at Gladstone in Queensland. The 162,000 cubic metres capacity “Esshu Maru” will unload a cargo at the Indian Dahej terminal on December 20. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Fraiha” will deliver a Qatari shipment to the South Korean Pyeongtaek import terminal on December 30.

US company Noble Energy reported record natural gas sales to Israel from its Tamar field in the East Mediterranean where the even larger Leviathan gas field project advanced towards development and firmed up a supply deal with Jordan.

The Kingdom of Jordan and the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum have signed an expansion of the Middle East region's first liquefied natural gas-sharing agreement between floating LNG terminal operators.

May 4 (LNGJ) - The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex LNG vessel “Umm Al Amad” is scheduled to arrive with a Qatari cargo on May 6 at the Dutch Gate import terminal in the Port of Rotterdam, according to shipping data. The 145,000 cubic metres capacity “Methane Heather Sally” has just unloaded a cargo at the Jordanian import facility at the Red Sea port of Aqaba. The 216,200 cubic metres capacity Qatari vessel “Al Kharaitiyat” has docked at the LNG berth for the floating terminal at Jebel Ali port in Dubai. The 75,500 cubic metres capacity Algerian carrier “Cheikh Bouamama” has arrived with a cargo from the Sonatrach plant at Skikda to unload at the Spanish import terminal in Barcelona.