The latest LNG cargo to be loaded at Statoil’s Hammerfest terminal in Norway has been dispatched to the United States.
LNG tanker Arctic Aurora, with a capacity of 155,000 cbm, departed from Melkøya island on Wednesday and is expected to arrive at the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas around October 29, shipping data shows.
The U.S. imports of liquefied natural gas reached 52.6 Bcf or 20 cargoes in the January-July period, according to data by the Department of Energy.
The Freeport LNG terminal on Quintana Island, which is currently building export facilities adjacent to the original site, imported no LNG in the mentioned period.