Peru LNG delays
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.
Steady stream of LNG cargoes head for UK, Belgium and the Netherlands though none scheduled for Germany
Europe will receive a steady stream of LNG cargoes from the US, Qatar and other nations such as Peru in the next two weeks, though there are no LNG shipments scheduled so far through the end of next week for the new importer Germany.
Peru LNG for UK
Dec 22 (LNGJ) – The UK continues to receive a steady stream of LNG deliveries. The Bahamas-flagged LNG carrier “Megara” is scheduled to berth on December 28 at the UK Dragon import terminal at port of Milford Haven and carrying a cargo from Peru, according to shipping data.
The 173,550 cubic metres capacity vessel lifted the cargo on November 25 from the Pampa Melchorita export plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru.
Peru LNG for UK
Aug 30 (LNGJ) - The 174,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “LNGships Athena” is scheduled to discharge a cargo on September 5 at the UK Dragon import terminal in Milford Haven, according to shipping data. The vessel departed the Pampa Melchorita liquefaction plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru on August 9.
Three UK cargoes
May 2 (LNGJ) - The 154,950 cubic metres capacity carrier “Golar Tundra” was unloading a Nigerian cargo on May 2 at Europe’s largest LNG import terminal, the Isle of Grain facility operated by National Grid plc on the Medway River in Kent. Shipping data showed the cargo was lifted on April 19 from the Bonny Island plant on the Niger River Delta. The UK National Balancing Point LNG and wholesale natural gas price is currently at around the equivalent of $20.60 per million British thermal units while the European Union benchmark Dutch Title Transfer Facility price is $10.10 per MMBtu more at around $30.70 per MMbtu.
Two more LNG cargoes are headed for the UK and arriving next weekend. The 257,980 Q-Max vessel “Al Ghuwairiya” is scheduled to unload a Qatari shipment on May 8 at the South Hook terminal at Milford Haven. A cargo will be discharged on May 8 at the Dragon facility in Milford Haven from the 173,400 carrier “Maran Gas Amphilpolis”. The shipment was lifted on April 9 from the Pampa Melchorita plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru.
Former Hunt Oil executive Whitney ‘Whit’ Fairbanks who ran Peru LNG becomes President of Cameron LNG
US energy executive Whitney “Whit” Fairbanks, who has previously managed the Peru LNG export plant for Hunt Oil, has been named President of Cameron LNG, the export plant at Hackberry in Louisiana developed by US utility Sempra Energy.
Peru LNG for Korea
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.
UK January cargoes
Dec 30 (LNGJ) - The UK is receiving at least three LNG cargoes from the Americas at the Port of Milford Haven during the first week in January, one each from the US states of Texas and Louisiana and one from Peru, according to port authorities. The 174,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Aristidis I” is scheduled to discharge a shipment on January 4 at the South Hook facility from Freeport LNG in Texas.
A second US cargo is being delivered to South Hook on January 6 on board the 164,000 cubic metres capacity “Maran Gas Posidonia” from the Cameron plant near Lake Charles in Louisiana. The third expected arrival next week is the January 6 berthing of the 173,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Magdala” at Milford Haven’s Dragon terminal carrying a shipment from the Pampa Melchorita plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru.
Peru LNG for UK
Dec 15 (LNG) – The UK is scheduled to receive two LNG shipments from Peru next week. The 173,400 cubic metres capacity “Valencia Knutsen” lifted a cargo on November 21 from the Pampa Melchorita plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru and will head for the UK Dragon terminal at Milford Haven from an anchorage near Tenerife in Spain. The shipment, which was originally destined for the Dutch Gate terminal in Rotterdam, is scheduled to be discharged at the UK facility on December 20.
A second shipment from Peru was lifted on November 26 and is expected to arrive at the Dragon facility on December 21 on board the 173,4000 cubic metres capacity “Minerva Psara”, according to the Milford Haven port authority.
UK LNG from Peru
Nov 3 (LNGJ) - The 167,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Methane Mickie Harper” is scheduled arrive at the UK Dragon LNG import terminal in Milford Haven in Wales from the Pampa Melchorita export plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru.
The vessel was heading for UK shores as the nation’s National Balancing Point (NBP) benchmark natural gas price was last at around $23.65 per million British thermal units, up from $22.70 per MMBtu.
