LNG

Sept 4 (LNG) – Three cargoes are heading for Northwest European LNG import terminals in the days ahead. The “Berge Arzew” with 138,100 of capacity is due to deliver a cargo from Algeria on September 6 to the UK Isle of Grain terminal on the Medway River in Kent, according to shipping data. The cargo was lifted on August 29 from the Algerian plant at Arzew.

   The carrier “BW Lilac” with 174,300 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to discharge a US cargo on September 6 at the Dutch Gate terminal in Rotterdam. The cargo was lifted on August 24 from the Calcasieu Pass plant in Louisiana. Belgium will receive a shipment from Qatar on September 7 at the Zeebrugge terminal onboard the “Al Marrouna” with 149,540 cubic metres capacity. The cargo was loaded on August 20 at the Ras Laffan plant in the Arabian Gulf.

July 5 (LNGJ) - Three LNG cargoes are headed for Belgium as deliveries to other European ports start to decline. The LNG carrier “Lusail” with 142,800 cubic metres capacity is scheduled to discharge a shipment from Qatar on July 6 at the Belgian terminal at Zeebrugge. The cargo was lifted on June 17 from Ras Laffan in the Gulf. A second Qatari cargo is due at the Belgian port on July 14 on board the “Simaisma”, a vessel with capacity of 143,000 cubic metres.

   In between the Qatari deliveries will be the arrival on July 12 of the carrier “Vladimir Rusanov” with a trans-shipment from the Yamal export plant in Arctic Russia lifted on July 2 from the port of Sabetta.

July 14 (LNGJ) - Most LNG cargoes were pointed at Asia, though several were heading for Europe. The 211,885 cubic metres capacity Q-Flex carrier “Al Khuwair” is scheduled to deliver a shipment on July 22 to the Zeebrugge import terminal in Belgium from Ras Laffan in Qatar.

   The 137,500 cubic metres capacity vessel “LNG Rivers” was expected to discharge a cargo on July 25 at the Montoir-de-Bretagne terminal in Western France from the Bonny Island plant in Nigeria. The shipments were due as the Dutch Title Transfer (TTF)) natural gas price, the benchmark for Continental Europe, was at a seasonally elevated equivalent of $12.25 per million British thermal units.

Fluxys LNG, the operator of the Belgian import terminal in Zeebrugge, said it successfully closed an open season for additional regasification capacity and would now go ahead with installing new infrastructure

“During the binding window of the open season, the full 6 million tonnes per annum, or 10.5 gigawatt hours, of capacity on offer has been subscribed,” said Fluxys, without disclosing the successful bidders.

The company stated that as a result of the regasification take-up it was able to make a final investment decision to build the additional infrastructure required at the Zeebrugge facility.

Fluxys said the additional regasification capacity would be provided in two steps.

Firstly, from early 2024, a total of 4.7 MTPS (8.2 GWh/h) of additional regasification capacity will be available.

Secondly, as from early 2026, the full 6 MTPA (10.5 GWh/h) of additional regasification capacity would be taken up.

Fluxys Belgium also operates the high-pressure natural gas transmission network as well as other natural gas storage infrastructure.

Fluxys assets also include a stake in Dunkirk LNG in France as well as the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline.

The company in January 2021 also agreed to buy a minority stake from the equity fund, EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG), in a gas system operator in Brazil.

The deal is for part of the Brazilian utility, Transportadora Brasileira Gasoduto Bolívia-Brasil (TBG), which is the owner and operator of a 2,600-kilometres pipeline system in the southern part of the South American country.

Fluxys and TBG are also exploring further strategic cooperation in Brazil’s gas infrastructure market.

Sept 15 (LNGJ) - Fluxys of Belgium said its Zeebrugge LNG import terminal would be organising more container loads by train after a first shipment was sent to Italy by rail operator Lineas in a Prima LNG container. “Intermodal LNG transport is an attractive proposition as it has several advantages. It reduces emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants while being more cost efficient and reaching new destinations across Europe,” said Fluxys.

   “The port of Zeebrugge offers particularly good connections with the four major rail hubs in Europe: Antwerp, Cologne, Rotterdam and Dourges. From there, LNG containers can be further dispatched across Europe,” added the Belgian company.

Qatargas, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas production company, has delivered the first cargo of LNG on a Q-Max vessel to the Belgian import and regasification terminal at Zeebrugge even though the facility has been operational for 32 years.

Fluxys LNG, the operator of the Zeebrugge import terminal in Belgium, said it intended to launch a subscription window in the second half of April for unloading slots and additional storage services at the facility.

Fluxys Belgium, the operator of the Belgian natural gas network and the Zeebrugge LNG import terminal, reported a drop in net profits due to one-off tax items and higher investments as Russian LNG trans-shipments activities rose along with small-scale fuel loadings.

Fluxys, the Belgian natural gas network operator and owner of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, has joined forces with Dutch company Titan LNG for a bunkering pontoon project to make LNG maritime fuel more widely available in the Antwerp port area and region.

Fluxys group of Belgium, owner of the LNG import facility at the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, has now agreed to acquire full ownership of the Dunkirk LNG terminal on the French Channel Coast.