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April 4 (LNGJ) - The carrier “Maran Gas Apollonia” is scheduled to arrive on April 8 at the UK Dragon LNG import terminal in Milford Haven from Egypt’s Idku export plant as the North African nation ramps up production from new gas fields to meet domestic needs as well as future LNG exports. Egypt’s liquefaction facility at Idku began exporting small volumes of LNG again in late 2016 and early 2017 after operator Royal Dutch Shell reached an agreement for limited feed-gas supplies from Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company. Idku, located east of the port of Alexandria, loaded its first cargo in May 2005. Egypt’s second export plant is at Damietta. The two facilities exported a combined 10 million tonnes of LNG during their peak production year of 2008. 

Gaz de France announced it formally brought into service the world’s largest LNG carrier, which has been named the “Provalys”, and was built in France at a cost of around $255 million.