LNG

July 10 (LNGJ) - PetroVietnam said the nation’s first LNG terminal, the Thi Vai facility, was ready for commissioning and has just received its first LNG cargo. The company said that the shipment was acquired from Shell and was delivered by the “Maran Gas Achilles” carrier with 174,000 cubic metres of capacity.

   “Thi Vai LNG welcomes the first imported cargo and this is one of the historic moments of PV GAS as well as of Vietnam's energy industry. Let's admire the images of the LNG terminal in Vietnam,” said PetroVietnam in directing traffic to its web site. The development of the Thi Vai LNG terminal project is mainly to provide gas-fired power at the Nhon Trach power project in the southeast region of the country.

Nov 2 (LNGJ) – LNG shipments are heading for Belgium and the Netherlands from Russia, Qatar, Egypt and the US, according to shipping data. The 177,000 cubic metres capacity “Eduard Toll” will deliver on November 4 to the Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium. The cargo was lifted on October 26 from the Yamal plant in Russia. The 149,540 cubic metres capacity vessel “Al Marrouna” is scheduled to deliver a shipment to Zeebrugge from Qatar on November 9.

   The 172,000 cubic metres capacity “Maran Gas Achilles” will deliver a shipment on November 8 to the Dutch Eemshaven terminal from Sabine Pass in Louisiana while the 137,000 cubic metres capacity “Seapeak Hispania” will unload a cargo on November 9 at the Gate terminal in Rotterdam and which was lifted from the Idku plant in Egypt on October 29.

Feb 27 (LNGJ) - The 75,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Cheikh Bouamama” is unloading a shipment at the French Fos terminal near Mediterranean port of Marseilles from the Skikda plant in Algeria, according to shipping data. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Maran Gas Achilles” is scheduled to discharge a shipment on February 27 at the Yung-An import terminal in Taiwan from the Bontang plant in Indonesia. The 160,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Soyo” will unload a cargo on February 28 at the Indian Dahej terminal, owned by Petronet LNG, from the Angola LNG plant in southwest Africa. The 160,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Cubal” is scheduled to deliver an Angolan shipment on March 1 to the Chinese Zhuhai import terminal.

Feb 15 (LNGJ) - The 148,300 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Ondo” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on February 18 to the French Montoir-de-Bretagne import terminal on the West Coast from the Nigeria LNG plant at Bonny Island, according to shipping data. The 141,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNG River Niger” will deliver a second shipment on February 24 to France’s Montoir terminal. The 165,500 cubic metres capacity carrier “Magellan Spirit”, operated by Teekay LNG, was expected to lift a cargo on February 17 from the US Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Maran Gas Achilles” will be lifting a shipment on February 21 from the Bontang export plant in Indonesia for delivery to an Asian terminal. The 170,000 cubic metres capacity “Methane Julia Louise” will deliver a cargo on February 22 to the Tianjin import facility in northeast China from the Queensland Curtis plant in Gladstone, Eastern Australia.

US Gulf of Mexico offshore natural gas output is expected to be almost back to normal after the September 4 Labor Day holiday in the US and a week of disruption caused by hurricane Harvey and its aftermath, as three LNG carriers arrived at the Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana and a nearby anchorage in preparation for cargo liftings.

Nov 1 (LNGJ) - The 75,000 cubic metres capacity Algerian LNG carrier “Cheikh Bouamama” is unloading a cargo at the Greek import terminal at Revithoussa after arriving from the Portuguese terminal at Sines, according to shipping data. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Fraiha” has arrived with a shipment from Qatar at the Hazira import terminal in India. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity “Maran Gas Achilles” has lifted a cargo from the Equatorial Guinea export plant at Malabo to deliver to a terminal in the Atlantic Basin. The 177,000 cubic metres capacity “Energy Horizon” has berthed at the Pluto LNG jetty at the Port of Dampier in Western Australia to lift a cargo for delivery to Tokyo Bay.