LNG

Nov 2 (LNGJ) – Cargoes are heading for the UK from Nigeria and Qatar, according to shipping data. The 142,650 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Adamawa” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on November 3 to the UK Isle of Grain terminal on the Medway River estuary in Kent from the Bonny Island plant in Nigeria.

   The 266,000 cubic metres capacity Qatari Q-Max LNG carrier “Umm Slaal” is scheduled to deliver a cargo on November 11 to the South Hook import terminal at the port of Milford Haven.

Feb 5 (LNGJ) - Two more LNG cargoes are heading for Milford Haven port in the UK. The 160,000 cubic metres capacity vessel “Golar Kelvin” is scheduled to unload US shipment on February 10 at the Dragon terminal in Milford Haven in Wales from Freeport LNG in Texas, according to shipping data. The 210,185  cubic metres capacity carrier “Al Bahiya” will then deliver a cargo on February 12 to the UK South Hook terminal in Milford Haven from Ras Laffan in Qatar.

   Cargoes are heading for the UK and other European destinations amid record low winter season prices. The UK National Balancing Point price was last at around $3.05 per million British thermal units and the main price on Continental Europe, the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), was at the equivalent of $3.00 per MMBtu.

Jan 22 (LNGJ) - The 161,870 cubic metres capacity carrier “Maran Gas Apollonia” will become the latest carrier to discharge an LNG cargo at a UK terminal when it unloads a shipment on January 28 at the South Hook facility in Milford Haven. The cargo comes from the Cheniere Energy-owned Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana. The cargoes are arriving amid continued low winter season prices. The UK National Balancing Point price was last at around $3.65 per million British thermal units and the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) price was at the equivalent of $3.50 per MMBtu.

Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the South Hook LNG import terminal that created an “energy bridge” from the Middle East to the United Kingdom and was built at a cost of more than $1 billion to handle up to 20 percent of UK natural gas needs.