LNG

Jan 23 (LNGJ) - The UK is receiving a steady flow of LNG cargoes with two arriving over the next week and one already scheduled for February. The “BW Lilac” with 174,300 of capacity is due to discharge a US shipment at the South Hook terminal in Milford Haven on January 26, according to shipping data. The cargo was lifted on January 15 from the Cove Point export plant in Maryland.

   The vessel “SM Golden Eagle” with 174,000 cubic metres of capacity is due to arrive at the Dragon LNG terminal at Milford Haven on January 28 carrying a shipment from the Peruvian export plant at Pampa Melchorita. The shipment was loaded on December 24 at the Peruvian Pacific Coast plant. The “Gaslog Georgetown” carrier with 174,260 cubic metres of capacity is scheduled to arrive at the UK South Hook facility on February 1 with a shipment from the Calcasieu Pass plant in Louisiana lifted on January 19.

March 10 (LNGJ) - The UK port of Milford Haven is scheduled to receive two cargoes this week at the South Hook and Dragon LNG import terminals. The “Al-Samriya” with 258,100 cubic metres of capacity is scheduled to berth on April 13 at Milford Haven’s South Hook terminal after arriving from Ras Laffan in Qatar.

   The carrier “Myrina” with 173,000 cubic metres capacity is due to berth on April 14 at the Dragon terminal at the Welsh port with a shipment from the Pampa Melchorita export plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru. The cargo was lifted from the Peruvian plant on March 21.

Nov 7 (LNGJ) - Two LNG cargoes are heading for the UK from the US and Peru. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity “GasLog Sydney” is scheduled to discharge a shipment on November 13 at the UK South Hook terminal at the Port of Milford Haven from the Corpus Christi plant in Texas.

   On the same day the Dragon LNG facility at Milford Haven will unload a cargo from the 170,200 cubic metres capacity vessel “Kool Boreas” that was lifted on October 12 from the Pampa Melchorita plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru.

Oct 3 (LNGJ) - The 167,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Methane Mickie Harper” is scheduled to deliver an LNG cargo from Peru on October 7 to the UK Dragon LNG import terminal at the Port of Milford Haven, according to shipping data.

   The shipment was lifted on August 13 from the Pampa Melchorita LNG export plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru and the data also showed that the ship stopped over at the Elba Island LNG plant in Georgia before heading across the Atlantic.

Feb 15 (LNGJ) - The Peru LNG export plant at Pampa Melchorita on the Pacific Coast appears to be back on track after exporting six cargoes in January 2022. The shipments included two delivered to the UK, two to Japan, one to Taiwan and one to South Korea. The first February cargo was lifted by the 135,350 cubic metres capacity carrier “Sestao Knutsen” and the shipment was heading for Taiwan.

Jan 3 (LNGJ) - Peru LNG exported two late-December LNG cargoes to South Korea at the Japan-Korea Marker price for North Asian spot shipments, quoted at $37.265 per million British thermal units, according to national energy company PeruPetro.

   The cargoes were lifted from the Pampa Melchorita plant on the Peruvian Pacific Coast by the 159,800 cubic metres capacity carrier “Maran Gas Efessos” and the 173,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Maran Gas Amphipolis”, the company added.

Dec 29 (LNGJ) - Three LNG cargoes have been lifted so far in December from Peru’s Pampa Melchorita export plant on the Pacific Coast and priced on three different markets in the US and Europe.

   Firstly, the 167,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Methane Patricia Camila”, which was headed for Rotterdam, had a cargo priced in early December on the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF). Then the 173,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Macoma” lifted a cargo based on the northeast US Algonquin City-Gate price. The 173,400 cubic metres capacity “Magdala” departed Peru with its shipment priced on the UK National Balancing Point benchmark.

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.

June 15 (LNGJ) - The Peru LNG plant at Pampa Melchorita directed most of its five cargoes to North Asia in May with only one being delivered to the Manzanillo terminal on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The ships that lifted cargoes included the 155,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Solaris”, the 155,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Gaslog Seattle” and the 173,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Valencia Knutsen”. They headed for China or South Korea. PeruPetro said the cargoes were priced on the Japan-Korea Marker at between $2.063 per million British thermal units and $2.068 per MMBtu.

Argentina is offering its first liquefied natural gas cargo produced by a floating liquefaction unit deployed at the port of Bahia Blanca as it aims to end its import requirements and become a future large-scale exporter of LNG made from the huge Vaca Muerta shale-gas resources.