LNG

Feb 27 (LNGJ) - The first March LNG cargoes are heading for the UK from Trinidad and the US. The vessel “Magdala” with 173,400 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to discharge a cargo on March 1 at the Dragon import terminal in Milford Haven, according to shipping data. The cargo was lifted on February 19 from the Point Fortin plant in Trinidad.

   The “Maran Gas Vergina” with 173,605 cubic metres capacity is due to berth with a US cargo on March 4 at the South Hook terminal at Milford Haven. The cargo was lifted from the Cameron plant near Lake Charles in Louisiana on February 21.

Europe will receive a steady stream of LNG cargoes from the US, Qatar and other nations such as Peru in the next two weeks, though there are no LNG shipments scheduled so far through the end of next week for the new importer Germany.

Feb 4 (LNGJ) - Two US LNG cargoes are scheduled to arrive at the UK port of Milford Haven next week from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana with UK prices currently at the equivalent of $26.15 per million British thermal units.

   The first shipment will arrive at the South Hook import terminal at the Welsh port on February 9 onboard the 173,400 cubic metres carrier “Magdala”. The second shipment is scheduled for February 10 and the gas will be discharged at the Dragon terminal from the 142,960 cubic metres capacity vessel “Golar Grand”, which left the Gulf of Mexico on January 29.

Dec 30 (LNGJ) - The UK is receiving at least three LNG cargoes from the Americas at the Port of Milford Haven during the first week in January, one each from the US states of Texas and Louisiana and one from Peru, according to port authorities. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Aristidis I” is scheduled to discharge a shipment on January 4 at the South Hook facility from Freeport LNG in Texas.

   A second US cargo is being delivered to South Hook on January 6 on board the 164,000 cubic metres capacity “Maran Gas Posidonia” from the Cameron plant near Lake Charles in Louisiana. The third expected arrival next week is the January 6 berthing of the 173,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Magdala” at Milford Haven’s Dragon terminal carrying a shipment from the Pampa Melchorita plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru.

Dec 29 (LNGJ) - Three LNG cargoes have been lifted so far in December from Peru’s Pampa Melchorita export plant on the Pacific Coast and priced on three different markets in the US and Europe.

   Firstly, the 167,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Methane Patricia Camila”, which was headed for Rotterdam, had a cargo priced in early December on the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF). Then the 173,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Macoma” lifted a cargo based on the northeast US Algonquin City-Gate price. The 173,400 cubic metres capacity “Magdala” departed Peru with its shipment priced on the UK National Balancing Point benchmark.

Oct 1 (LNGJ) - The Peru LNG export plant at Pampa Melchorita on the Pacific Coast shipped four cargoes to Asia and Europe in September, two to South Korea, one to the Netherlands and one to Spain. The first cargo shipped to South Korea left on September 4 on the 173,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Megara” at a Japan-Korea Marker price of $4.54 per million British thermal units, according to data from Peruvian national energy company PeruPetro.

   A second shipment to South Korea departed on September 19 on the 173,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Magdala” with a JKM price of $4.91 per MMBtu. The cargo for Spain left on September 21 on the 155,000 cubic metres capacity “Solaris” at the UK National Balancing Point price of $4.06 per MMBtu. The cargo for the Dutch Gate terminal at Rotterdam departed on September 25 on the 173,000 cubic metres capacity “Myrina” at the Dutch Title Transfer facility price of $3.98 per MMBtu.

Peru LNG has shipped two cargoes so far to two pricing areas after its maintenance shutdown through most of August to two separate pricing areas of the Atlantic and Pacific Basins from its liquefaction facility at Pampa Melchorita, the only LNG export plant in South America.