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.

Sept 25 (LNGJ) - Two LNG cargoes are heading for the UK this week with the National Balancing Point UK wholesale gas market futures price gathering pace. The “LNG Abalamabie” with 170,000 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to deliver a Nigerian cargo on September 28 to the Dragon import terminal at Milford Haven in Wales, according to shipping data. The cargo was loaded on September 18 at Nigeria’s Bonny Island export plant.

   A second cargo is due at the Dragon facility on September 29 from Peru on board the “Methane Julia Louise” with 167,415 cubic metres capacity. The shipment was lifted on August 28 from the Pampa Melchorita plant on the Pacific coast of Peru.

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.