LNG

South Korea, the world’s third-largest liquefied natural gas importer, said it planned to sharply reduce the import surcharge imposed on LNG in line with the government's efforts to increase natural gas use at the expense of coal to reduce serious air pollution.

Sept 13 (LNGJ) – The 160,500 cubic metres capacity vessel “Sonangol Benguela” will unload a shipment on September 15 at the Tong-Yeong terminal in South Korea from the Angolan liquefaction plant at Soyo in southwest Africa. The 160,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Cubal” is scheduled to unload a cargo from Angola on September 22 at the Yung-An terminal in Taiwan. The 155,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “British Ruby” will deliver a cargo on September 22 to the Map Ta Phut terminal in Thailand from Atlantic LNG plant in Trinidad. The 161,880 cubic metres capacity vessel “BW Pavilion Vanda” will deliver a cargo on September 18 to the South Korean Boryeong terminal, reloaded from Singapore. The 171,800 cubic metres capacity vessel “Papua” will deliver a shipment on September 21 to the Qingdao terminal, owned by Sinopec, in northeast Shandong province from Papua New Guinea. The 145,000 cubic metres capacity carrier Methane Heather Sally will deliver a shipment on September 30 to the Chinese Zhoushan terminal, operated by Enn Group, in eastern Zhejiang province, from Ras Laffan in Qatar.