June 10 (LNGJ) - The laden LNG carrier “Vladimir Voronin” with 172,000 cubic metres of capacity was heading for northwest Europe. The cargo was lifted by the Bahamas-flagged vessel on June 3 from the Russian Yamal LNG plant in northern Siberia. Departures from the Yamal loading port at Sabetta have risen over the past week, according to shipping data.
TechnipFMC, the Franco-US energy and LNG engineering company, has posted falling second-quarter revenues and net income compared with last year in weak results that were offset by a high level of new orders.
Fluxys of Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal as well as the Belgian natural gas network and gas trading operations, has carried out its first trans-shipment operation before it starts its business of handling cargoes from the Yamal liquefaction plant in the Russian Arctic region from 2019.
Novatek, the main shareholder in the Yamal LNG export project in Siberia and one of Russia’s largest natural gas producers, confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s energy company, Saudi Aramco, was interested in joining its Arctic LNG-2 export project as a partner.