Russian LNG cargoes
May 28 (LNGJ) - Two LNG carriers carrying Russian cargoes have entered the North Sea to discharge volumes at West European regasification terminals. The tanker “Nikolay Yevgenov” with 172,600 cubic metres of capacity lifted a cargo on May 23 from the Russian Yamal plant in Northern Siberia.
The Cypriot-flagged vessel “Fedor Litke” with 177,000 cubic metres capacity was also heading for a regional terminal with a shipment loaded on May 24 at the Yamal facility, according to shipping data. A third carrier, the 172,000 cubic metres capacity “Yakov Gakkel”, was heading back to the Russian LNG export plant at Sabetta after delivering a cargo to the French import terminal in Dunkirk.
European Union LNG imports from Russia remain steady but may rise when second Arctic plant comes on stream
The European Union reduced imports of pipeline gas from Russia five-fold in 2023, while its purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas cargoes increased by around 38 percent from the Novatek-operated Yamal export plant in Northern Siberia and could rise further in 2024.
EU cargo deliveries
March 23 (LNGJ) - Two Russian LNG cargoes are headed for Belgium in the next week and two US shipments are scheduled for delivery to the Netherlands, according to shipping data. The tanker “Nikolay Yevgenov” with 172,600 cubic metres of capacity is due to berth at the Belgian import terminal at Zeebrugge on March 25 with a Yamal cargo lifted on March 17. A second delivery is due from the Russian export plant at Sabetta on March 28 on board the 172,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Yakov Gakkel”.
Deliveries to the Netherlands from the US will include a shipment from the Cameron plant in Louisiana scheduled to be delivered to the Eemshaven facility on March 24 by the “Marvel Pelican” carrier with 155,000 cubic metres capacity. Another US cargo is due for delivery on March 30 to the Gate terminal in Rotterdam by the 174,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Endeavour” and lifted on March 18 from the Freeport plant in Texas.
First LNG carrier of the season departs from Yamal export plant on Northern Sea Route for Asia delivery
The first liquefied natural gas shipment of the season after the winter break has departed from the Russian Yamal LNG export plant on its way to the Far East via the Northern Sea Route.
Russian LNG for UK
June 1 (LNGJ) - The “Nikolay Yevgenov” with 172,000 cubic metres of capacity was delivering a Russian cargo on June 1 to the Isle of Grain LNG import terminal, operated by National Grid Plc, on the Medway-Thames estuary 45 miles southeast of London. The shipment, lifted on May 22 from the Yamal plant in northern Siberia, is arriving in the UK as the National Balancing Point (NBP) natural gas price was at the equivalent of $8.90 per million British thermal units. The Dutch Title Transfer (TTF)) price for Continental Europe was at the equivalent of $9.00 per MMBtu.
Sovcomflot tanker ‘Christophe De Margerie’ completes first January LNG transit along Northern Sea Route
Sovcomflot, the Russian shipping line with an overall fleet of 145 vessels, said its LNG carrier, the “Christophe De Margerie”, reached Cape Dezhnev in Russia’s Far East to complete the earliest annual eastbound voyage carrying a cargo along the Northern Sea Route.
Area that came to prominence for post-Cold War naval incident sees first Yamal LNG trans-shipment
Russian natural gas company Novatek, operator of the Yamal LNG export plant in northern Siberia, confirmed the completion of the first ship-to-ship LNG trans-shipment in the Kildin Strait of the Barents Sea, an area that came to prominence for a naval incident involving two nuclear-powered submarines in the post-Cold War era.
