LNG

Oct 5 (LNGJ) – Two cargoes from Qatar are heading for Belgium and the UK. The 210,100 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex vessel “Al Ruwais” is scheduled to berth later on October 5 at the Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium with a cargo lifted from the Ras Laffan export complex in the Arabian Gulf.

   The 159,890 cubic metres capacity vessel “Maran Gas Lindos” is scheduled to discharge a cargo from Qatar on October 7 at the UK South Hook import terminal at Milford Haven, according to shipping data. The cargo was loaded on September 20 at Ras Laffan.

March 2 (LNGJ) - The Peru LNG export plant at Pampa Melchorita on the Pacific Coast shipped four cargoes to Asia in February 2021, three to South Korea and one to Japan. The first cargo shipped to South Korea left on February 1 on the 170,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Methane Julia Louise” at a Japan-Korea Marker price of $7.65 per million British thermal units, according to data from Peruvian national energy company PeruPetro.

   The second shipment headed for Japan on February 6 on the 138,200 cubic metres capacity carrier “Methane Kari Elin” with a similar JKM price. A second shipment for South Korea left on February 18 on the 173,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Sevilla Knutsen” at the JKM price of $6.19 per MMBtu. The fourth cargo, also sent to Korea, departed on February 23 on the 159,800 cubic metres capacity carrier “Maran Gas Lindos” with similar pricing.

The Elba Island LNG liquefaction plant in the state of Georgia, the sixth US export facility to start up, was expected to load its first cargo after coming on stream in October.