LNG

March 16 (LNGJ) - The 140,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Arctic Voyager” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on March 19 to the Revithoussa import terminal in Greece from the Hammerfest plant in Norway operated by Statoil. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Gaslog Sydney” is scheduled to unload a shipment on April 4 at the import terminal at Map Ta Phut in Thailand. The Thai cargo was lifted from the Equatorial Guinea plant on Bioko Island in West Africa, operated by Marathon Oil.

Feb 16 (LNGJ) - PTT, the state-run oil and gas company of Thailand, said it planned to increase LNG imports from 5 million tonnes per annum to 11.5 MTPA under the expansion plan for the Map Tha Phut terminal. PTT Chief Executive Tevin Vongvanich also confirmed that a second onshore import facility would be constructed with 7.5 MTPA of capacity to take the total capacity to 19 MTPA. “The project has been approved by the government and an environmental assessment is underway,” said Vongvanich. PTT recently agreed a 15-year contract to buy 1.2 MTPA from Malaysian energy company Petronas to add to current volumes received from Qatar and elsewhere.

Dec 30 (LNG) - BP of the UK and Thai energy company PTT have signed an LNG sales agreement. BP will sell PTT around 1 million tonnes per annum over a 20-year period. The shipments will start in 2017 and include cargoes from the US Freeport LNG export project at Quintana Island in Texas. “BP is pleased to conclude this LNG sale and purchase agreement with PTT, with whom we have a longstanding relationship,” said Paul Reed, Chief Executive of BP Integrated Supply and Trading. “Thailand has become a significant LNG market and this agreement with PTT further demonstrates our LNG supply capability in the region,” added Reed.

Dec 29 (LNGJ) - The 148,470 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Kano” will unload a cargo on January 2 at the Montoir-de-Bretagne import terminal in Western France from the Bonny Island export plant in Nigeria, according to shipping data. The 152,300 cubic metres capacity vessel “Seri Bakti”, operated by Malaysia International Shipping Corp., is scheduled to unload a cargo on January 4 at the Incheon terminal in South Korea from the Gladstone plant in Queensland, Australia. The 216,200 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Al Gattara” will unload a cargo on January 13 at the Map Ta Phut import terminal in Thailand. The shipment was lifted from the Ras Laffan export plant in Qatar.

June 16 (LNGJ) – The 138,088 cubic metres capacity “Berge Arzew” was unloading a cargo on June 16 at the Isle of Grain LNG import terminal in Kent, southeast of London, operated by National Grid. At the same time, the 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Umm Al Amad” has just arrived with a cargo from Qatargas for the Map Ta Phut import terminal in Thailand.