The Bu Samra LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal February 5, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website.
The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering 21 billion cubic metres of gas a year into the UK’s national transmission system.
Qatar Petroleum owns 67.5 per cent of South Hook LNG Terminal Co, Exxon Mobil Corp 24.15 per cent and Total SA owns the rest.
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, January 30, 2012; Image: Qatargas