LNG

March 16 (LNGJ) - Two cargoes are heading for the Netherlands and Belgium next week as European LNG prices decline. The “Golar Celsius”, a vessel with 154,950 cubic metres capacity, is scheduled to deliver a US cargo on March 21 to the Dutch Gate terminal in Rotterdam and which was lifted on March 7 from the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana.

   The Bahamas-flagged “Rudolf Samoylovich, with capacity of 170,000 cubic metres, is due to berth on March 23 at the Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium with a Russian cargo lifted on March 15 from the Yamal export plant operated by Novatek in northern Siberia.

May 9 (LNGJ) - The 205,960 cubic metres capacity Qatari Q-Flex carrier “Al Sadd” was scheduled to discharge a cargo on May 9 at the Zeebrugge terminal in Belgium, according to shipping data. The 172,000 cubic metres carrier “Rudolf Samoylovich” carrying a cargo from the Yamal plant in Arctic Russia was in the English Channel on May 9 off Dunkirk. Data showed that the Bahamas-flagged vessel lifted its cargo on May 1 from the Sabetta loading terminal on the Yamal Peninsula.

Jan 6 (LNGJ) - The 172,000 cubic metres capacity carrier, the “Rudolf Samoylovich”, was scheduled to berth on January 6 at the UK Dragon import terminal at the port of Milford Haven in Wales with a cargo from the Yamal plant in northern Siberia, according to the port authorities.

   The UK National Balancing Point benchmark gas price has been firm over the past week and was last at $7.35 per million British thermal units while the continental European Dutch Title Transfer facility (TTF) price was lower at the equivalent of $6.95 per MMBtu.