LNG

Toyo Engineering Corp. of Japan has been awarded two engineering and construction contracts in Thailand and Russia as it redirects its core business to petrochemicals after being involved in the global build-out of LNG liquefaction plants and import terminals, including the Sakhalin export facility in the Russian Far East and the largest Indian import terminal at Dahej near Mumbai.

Sept 24 (LNG) - The 172,636 cubic metres capacity carrier “Fedor Litke” is scheduled to arrive on September 29 at the Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium with a shipment from the Yamal plant in Russia, according to shipping data. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Um Al Amad” will unload a shipment on October 2 at the Thai terminal at Map ta Phut from the Ras Laffan plant in Qatar. The 145,700 cubic metres capacity “LNG Benue” will unload a shipment on October 4 at the Pakistani import facilities at Port Qasim, east of Karachi, from Nigeria LNG at Bonny Island. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity vessel “Al Ghariya” will unload a Qatargas cargo on October 8 at the Incheon terminal in South Korea. The 165,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Marib Spirit” will deliver a Nigerian cargo on October 8 to the Mina al Ahmadi terminal in Kuwait. The “LNG River Niger” will unload a Nigerian cargo on October 8 at the Mexican Altamira import terminal on the Gulf of Mexico.

Sept 13 (LNGJ) – The 160,500 cubic metres capacity vessel “Sonangol Benguela” will unload a shipment on September 15 at the Tong-Yeong terminal in South Korea from the Angolan liquefaction plant at Soyo in southwest Africa. The 160,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Cubal” is scheduled to unload a cargo from Angola on September 22 at the Yung-An terminal in Taiwan. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “British Ruby” will deliver a cargo on September 22 to the Map Ta Phut terminal in Thailand from Atlantic LNG plant in Trinidad. The 161,880 cubic metres capacity vessel “BW Pavilion Vanda” will deliver a cargo on September 18 to the South Korean Boryeong terminal, reloaded from Singapore. The 171,800 cubic metres capacity vessel “Papua” will deliver a shipment on September 21 to the Qingdao terminal, owned by Sinopec, in northeast Shandong province from Papua New Guinea. The 145,000 cubic metres capacity carrier Methane Heather Sally will deliver a shipment on September 30 to the Chinese Zhoushan terminal, operated by Enn Group, in eastern Zhejiang province, from Ras Laffan in Qatar.

Italian energy engineering company Saipem was awarded a joint venture contract with CTCI Corp. of Taiwan to construct Thailand’s new Nong Fab LNG import terminal, the nation’s second regasification facility.

Qatargas, the leading liquefied natural gas producer, has signed an accord to cooperate in the LNG business with the main electric power generating company of Thailand, including being a future supplier of additional volumes to the Asian nation.


Marubeni Corp., the Japanese trading house with stakes in liquefaction plants in Qatar, Equatorial Guinea as well as LNG shipping and trading interests, is studying the launch of large-scale LNG bunkering operations in Thailand at Laem Chabang, the nation’s largest industrial port.

Royal Dutch Shell, the world largest LNG market player, has cancelled the sale for $900 million of its 22 percent stake in the Bongkot natural gas field in Thailand and in adjoining acreage offshore the Southeast Asian nation that had been part of its restructuring and sell-off programme.

The state-run Thailand energy company PTT has signed an agreement to purchase 2.6 million tonnes per annum of LNG from a Mozambique project after securing a stake in the latest Malaysian production Train as it is also plans to have three import terminals operating by 2022.

Thailand now counts Malaysia as a regular LNG supplier to its import terminal at Map Ta Phut, along with Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Qatargas, under a long-term sales agreement that has come into force.

PTT Group, the state energy company of Thailand, has set up a trading unit called PTT Global LNG Co. to increase its marketing presence ahead of the construction of more import infrastructure to handle its future volumes from the Mozambique liquefaction project in southeast Africa and other possible ventures.