LNG

April 28 (LNGJ) - Qatar is delivering the first two LNG cargoes to the UK in May. The 261,700 cubic metres capacity carrier “Lijmiliya” is scheduled to arrive in the UK from Ras Laffan on May 1 with a shipment for the South Hook facility in the Welsh port of Milford Haven, according to the port authorities. Another Qatari carrier, the 266,000 cubic metres capacity vessel, the “Al Dafna”, is due to berth at South Hook on May 5.

   The latest shipments are scheduled as the UK National Balancing Point natural gas benchmark price and the main Continental European price, the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), are both at seasonal highs. Both prices were quoted at the equivalent of $7.60 per million British thermal units.

March 12 (LNGJ) - Two LNG shipments are scheduled to arrive next week at the UK import terminals in the Welsh port of Milford Haven carrying cargoes from the US and Qatar. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Maran Gas Ulysses” will discharge a cargo on March 16 at the Dragon import facility from the Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana.

   The 261,700 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Lijmiliya” is then due to arrive at Milford Haven’s South Hook terminal on March 17 with a cargo from Ras Laffan in Qatar. The deliveries to the UK come as prices are rising after a recent slump. The UK National Balancing Point benchmark has jumped to the equivalent of $6.50 per million British thermal units from $5.60 per MMBtu earlier in the week.

Oct 14 (LNGJ) - A Qatari LNG carrier, the 261,700 cubic metres capacity Q-Max “Lijmiliya”, is scheduled to berth on October 18 at the UK South Hook import terminal at Milford Haven in Wales, according to port authorities. That's as the UK National Balancing Point natural gas price was firm at the equivalent of $4.90 per million British thermal units.

July 13 (LNGJ) - The 261,700 Q-Max carrier “Lijmiliya” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on July 20 to the UK Milford Haven import terminal in Wales from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar, according to shipping data. The delivery was fixed as the UK National Balancing Point benchmark natural gas price was at the equivalent of $4.35 per million British thermal units, while one of the main continental European prices, the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), was higher at around $4.80 per MMBtu.

March 15 (LNGJ) - The 261,700 cubic metres capacity Q-Max carrier “Lijmiliya” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on March 21 to the UK South Hook terminal at Milford Haven in Wales from Ras Laffan in Qatar, port authorities said. . The deliveries of LNG to Europe’s largest natural gas market come at a time when prices have fallen to their lowest levels of 2017. The UK National Balancing Point price was last at the equivalent of $5.05 per million British thermal units while one of the main continental European prices, the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), was quoted at around $5.10 per MMBtu.

Sept 5 (LNGJ) - The 261,700 Q-Max carrier “Lijmiliya” will deliver a cargo on September 11 from Qatargas to the South Hook import terminal in Milford Haven, Wales, the port authorities said. The UK benchmark National Balancing Point natural gas price was last at the equivalent of $4.42 per million British thermal units.

The UK Port of Milford Haven has begun an investigation into a hard-contact collision near the South Hook import terminal between one of the world’s largest LNG carriers, a Qatari Q-Max ship, and a pilot vessel that resulted in three of the pilot crew suffering minor injuries.