NATS: Sabine Pass LNG Receives LNG Cargo
Posted on Aug 19, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on NATS: Sabine Pass LNG Receives LNG Cargo
NATS [subscription required] reports that the vessel LNG Borno delivered an LNG cargo to the Sabine Pass LNG terminal yesterday. According to NATS, LNG terminals in the United States have accepted approximately 24 Bcf of LNG in August (including the gas from the LNG Borno) and have sent out approximately 20 Bcf, including gas exported to the United States from the Canaport LNG terminal...
NATS: U.S. LNG Imports Slow in August
Posted on Aug 17, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on NATS: U.S. LNG Imports Slow in August
Comparing LNG imports to the United States (including the Canaport LNG terminal’s exports to the U.S. market) from July 2009 and the first half of August 2009, NATS [subscription required] argues that “the pace of imports into the U.S. [] has slacked off considerably,” and that “the pace of regasification has also slacked off.” NATS notes that activity at...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Aug 13, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Shell Buys Cargo for India from Belgium’s Zeebrugge Terminal (Platts LNG Daily) [subscription required]
Spot Market Activity Reported at Atlantic LNG
Posted on Aug 12, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Spot Market Activity Reported at Atlantic LNG
Reuters (carried via LexisNexis) [subscription required] reports that energy trader Vitol purchased an LNG cargo from the Atlantic LNG liquefaction facility in Trinidad. A source told Reuters that the cargo may be destined for the Zeebrugge LNG import terminal in Belgium. Separately, Reuters also reports that an LNG cargo also sourced from the Atlantic LNG facility is scheduled to be...
Op-Ed: Kitimat Natural Gas Supply Agreements Encouraging for Region’s Gas Industry
Posted on Aug 11, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Kitimat Natural Gas Supply Agreements Encouraging for Region’s Gas Industry
An op-ed carried by the Calgary Herald argues that the recent supply agreements between local natural gas producers and the developers of the Kitimat LNG liquefaction project represent encouraging signs for western Canada’s natural gas...
Citigroup Purchases Spot LNG Cargo from Trinidad
Posted on Aug 10, 2009 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Citigroup Purchases Spot LNG Cargo from Trinidad
Late last week Reuters reported that Citigroup Inc. purchased a spot LNG cargo from the Atlantic LNG facility in Trinidad. The piece notes that this is the first purchase of a spot cargo of LNG by...