О географии СПГ индустрии.

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О географии СПГ индустрии.
Лучше поздно чем никогда, сказали наши Шеллу и вышли в большой мир с Сахалинского  СПГ завода.
Мы вошли в СПГ  мир как Колумб в Америку, он был один, а индейцев  - много.
Хоть здесь и на английском, но картинок много  и всё понятно.
Видно откуда СПГ в Европу можно возить.

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Two LNG terminals receive commissioning cargoes

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Two LNG terminals receive commissioning cargoes

Warren R. True
OGJ Chief Technology Editor-LNG/Gas Processing

HOUSTON, July 14 -- Two more land-based LNG regasification terminals received first cargoes in the last few days.

Over the weekend, a BG Group-owned LNG carrier tied up at the Quintero LNG regasification terminal in Chile. On July 14, Dragon LNG, the UK’s third land-based terminal and second in Milford Haven in Wales, saw the arrival of another BG Group-owned carrier with its first commissioning cargo.

South America
The 145,000-cu m Methane Jane Elizabeth docked at the Quintero LNG regasification terminal, about 65 miles west of Santiago. The cargo was loaded at Atlantic LNG in Trinidad and Tobago.

The vessel is from BG Group’s fleet of LNG carriers; BG also holds a 40% interest in GNL Quintero SA, which will operate the terminal. Other partners in the project are the Chilean national oil and gas company ENAP (20%), power company Endesa Chile (20%), and gas distribution company Metrogas SA (20%).

BG Group signed a 21-year LNG sales and purchase agreement 2 years ago to supply the terminal with up to 1.7 million tonne/year of LNG. The company said in its press release that, once fully operational, the terminal will have the capacity to meet up to 40% of Chile's current demand for natural gas.

The Quintero terminal will include two 160 000-cu m LNG storage tanks.

UK
On July 14, another BG Group LNG carrier, the 145,000-cu m Methane Lydon Volney, docked at Dragon LNG in which BG Group holds a 50% interest. Its cargo was also from Atlantic LNG.

In addition, BG Group has an agreement to use up to 50% of the terminal's sendout capacity for the next 20 years.

Dragon LNG has built and will operate the 4.4 million tpy terminal. Equity partners in Dragon LNG, besides BG Group, are Petronas (30%), and 4Gas (20%). BG Group (50%) and Petronas (50%) also have agreements governing capacity rights for a 20-year term, allowing them each 2.2 million tpy of throughput.

Dragon LNG is near the South Hook LNG terminal that began operation in March and in April received the first cargo out of the newly completed 15.6 million tpy Qatargas 2 project (OGJ Online, Apr. 6, 2009). South Hook is a joint venture of ExxonMobil, Total, and Qatar Petroleum.

In the next week or so, the Qatari Q-Max (266,000 cu m) LNG carrier Bu Samra will arrive at South Hook from Ras Laffan in Qatar.

Contact Warren R. True at warrent@ogjonline.com.

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Крупные банки в Лондоне расширяют специализированные СПГ подразделения
LNG Shipping/Commercial opportunity – Top Tier Bank – London

Leading Tier One Investment Bank based is looking for an experienced commercial LNG individual with specific knowledge of related shipping operations to join a rapidly expanding LNG Division, London.

My client has established trading desks in all the major commodities and is now looking to actively expand their LNG activities globally. They are looking for a mid-level/Junior VP LNG professional to add to the team in keeping in line with recent growth. The right individual will have a number of years of experience in commercial LNG roles. Particular experience and expertise around the shipping logistics/ operations space is essential. The ideal candidate will also have some expertise in additional areas such as origination, contracts, trading, pricing etc is also highly desired. Regional experience is flexible but Atlantic Basin experience would be a preference.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with a global and expanding player offering excellent career progression opportunities and a comprehensive salary, bonus and benefits package.

Russian LNG spot cargo at record low price in June

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China buys Russian LNG spot cargo at record low price in June

China, the world’s largest energy user after the U.S., bought a spot liquefied natural gas cargo from Russia at a record low price last month, customs data show.

China paid $4.3 per million British thermal units for the 63,646-metric ton cargo, the lowest price paid since the country started spot purchases in April 2007. China imported 22,014 tons of Malaysian LNG from the spot market last month at $6.3 per million Btu, figures show.

LNG in Asia is priced off crude oil, which has fallen about 56 percent from last year’s record. China paid $20.43 per million Btu, a record high, for an Algerian spot cargo in September. Russia started exporting LNG from its Sakhalin facility in the first quarter of this year.

China National Offshore Oil Corp., the country’s third- biggest oil company, bought a second term cargo from Indonesia last month, according to data. The company paid $3.48 per million Btu for the cargo to be delivered to Fujian terminal in southern China, based on Bloomberg calculations.

This compares with $3.15 per million Btu the company pays for Australian term cargoes that are being shipped to a receiving terminal in Shenzhen in Guangdong province.

A spot LNG cargo typically weighs between 55,000 and 60,000 tons. LNG is natural gas chilled to liquid form, reducing it to one-six-hundredth of its original volume at minus 161 degrees Celsius (minus 258 degrees Fahrenheit) for transportation by ships to destinations not connected by pipeline.

(Source: Bloomberg)

Indonesia's Tangguh plans to deliver 56 LNG cargoes this year

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Indonesia's Tangguh plans to deliver 56 LNG cargoes this year

Jakarta (Platts)--23Jul2009

Indonesia's Tangguh LNG project will deliver 56 cargoes by the end of
this year, the chairman of Indonesia's upstream regulator BPMigas, R. Priyono,
said late Wednesday.
Tangguh has a contract to supply eight cargoes to South Korean Posco and
12 cargoes to K-Power in 2009. The project will also ship 17 and 19 cargoes,
respectively, to China's Fujian province and US' Sempra this year, he said.
Earlier, he had said that the project expected to ship 50 cargoes --
each typically containing around 150,000 cubic meters -- this year.
Tangguh is scheduled to ship its second cargo to China's Fujian Friday,
BPMigas' deputy operations chief Eddy Purwanto said earlier.
Tangguh shipped its first cargo of 154,800 cubic meters earlier this
month to Gwangyang LNG terminal in South Korea to power utility Posco.
Tangguh had initially been scheduled to deliver its first LNG cargo to
CNOOC, and then one cargo each to K-Power and Posco. But when the Chinese
delivery was pushed back, Indonesia shipped an LNG cargo to Fujian from East
Kalimantan's Bontang LNG plant last month.
Separately, Tangguh is scheduled to commence LNG shipments to Sempra in
September. The LNG will come from train two, an official had said.
Operator BP had originally targeted Tangguh would produce first gas in
late 2008, but the date was revised several times. A valve problem stopped
commissioning that began January 27.
BP and its partners have a purchase agreement with K-Power and Posco for
1.15 million mt/year of LNG under a 20-year contract, and as well as an
agreement to provide CNOOC 2.6 million mt/year of LNG under a 25-year deal.
The Tangguh project in Bintuni Bay, in Indonesia's far-eastern Papua
province, is setting up two liquefaction trains to produce at least 7.6
million mt/year of LNG. Tangguh has 14.4 Tcf of proven gas reserves in three
neighboring production sharing contracts.
Operator BP has a 37.16% interest in Tangguh. Other stakeholders include
LNG Japan Corp., Talisman, CNOOC, Mitsubishi, Inpex and Nippon Oil.
--Anita Nugraha, newsdesk@platts.com

LNG May Be Discounted on Supply

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LNG May Be Discounted on Supply, Bernstein Says (Update2)

By Dinakar Sethuraman

July 22 (Bloomberg) -- New liquefied natural gas projects in Australia may be forced to discount prices as supply may exceed demand by 50 million metric tons a year, brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. said.

Proposed capacity of about 130 million tons a year is chasing 80 million tons of un-contracted demand in the Pacific ocean area over the next decade, Neil Beveridge and Angus Chan, analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein, said in a report today. The consumption gap is nearly twice the demand of South Korea, the world’s second-biggest LNG buyer.

“Oversupply should result in lower prices,” the analysts said in the e-mail report. “If Chinese and Indian domestic gas reserves continue to grow there is a risk that the linkage between oil prices and LNG could start to weaken for new projects as they discount price to secure sales agreements.”

“When the global economy eventually recovers, natural gas may be the strongest performer in energy just because it’s been beaten down so much now,” Jim Rogers, the chairman of Roger Holdings, said in a Bloomberg interview in Singapore today. Rogers, an investor, isn’t buying gas at the moment. Natural gas futures, the world’s worst performing major commodity, have declined 41 percent in New York this year.

The Exxon Mobil Corp.-led Papua New Guinea LNG, Santos Ltd.’s Gladstone LNG, Chevron Corp’s Gorgon LNG and BG Group Plc’s Australian Onshore LNG may be the winners as they have tied up with buyers, the report said.

Australian Approvals

Australia’s lengthy permitting and approval process may allow only about half of the proposed 100 million tons a year of capacity to come up by 2020, the report said. Most of the LNG projects need $60 a barrel in oil prices to be viable, it said.

Prices of LNG in Asia are typically linked to a cocktail of Japanese crude oils, and buyers paid close to oil parity in the last few years to secure supplies. Crude has dropped to $64.75 a barrel from a record $147.27 in July 2008 as the global recession crimped fuel consumption.

Spot prices of LNG have plunged from last year’s levels of more than $20 per million British thermal units. Petronet LNG Ltd. is importing 10 spot cargoes into India this year at an average price of less than $5 per million Btu, managing director Prosad Dasgupta said last month.

LNG projects in Australia and Papua New Guinea led by Chevron Corp., Santos Ltd., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell SA among others are counting on China and India, the world’s fastest growing major economies, to purchase the cleaner-burning fuel, the report said.

“China and India will present more limited market opportunities than some expect due to the growth in domestic gas and pipeline imports,” according to the report. “Secondary markets such as Singapore, Taiwan, Chile, Malaysia and Thailand will be important new demand nodes for Australian suppliers.”

LNG is gas chilled to liquid form for transportation by tanker to destinations not connected by pipeline.

To contact the reporter on this story: Dinakar Sethuraman in Singapore at dinakar@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: July 22, 2009 03:12 EDT