LNG

April 11 (LNGJ) - The LNG export plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru, the only such facility in the whole of South America, has delayed shipping any cargoes so far in April. PeruPetro, the national energy company, has not signalled any problems at the Pampa Melchorita facility and listed five cargoes exported in March, two to South Korea, one to the UK, one to Japan and one to China.

March 23 (LNGJ) - The Peru LNG export plant at Pampa Melchorita on the Pacific Coast shipped four cargoes to Europe and Asia in March 2021, one to the Netherlands, two to Japan and one to South Korea. The first cargo shipped to the Gate terminal in Rotterdam left on March 1 on the 138,160 cubic metres capacity carrier “Methane Princess” at a Dutch Title Transfer facility (TTF) price of $6.014 per million British thermal units, according to data from Peruvian national energy company PeruPetro.

   The second shipment headed for Japan on March 6 on the 170,200 cubic metres capacity carrier “SCF Mitre” at a Japan-Korea Marker price of $5.980 per MMBtu. A second shipment for Japan left on March 12 on the 173,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Maran Gas Amphipolis” at the JKM price of $5.980 per MMBtu. The fourth Peruvian cargo headed for South Korea and departed on March 19 on the 138,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Sestao Knutsen” at the JKM price of $6.596 per MMBtu.

Golar LNG Partners, the fleet owner listed on the Nasdaq global exchange, said the shipping market continued to improve in October and one of its carriers re-entered the spot market and completed multiple voyages.