Qatari LNG Heads for UK

UK’s South Hook LNG import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on October 10, according to port data.

The Bu Samra LNG tanker, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is transporting the cargo from Ras Laffan, Qatar.

The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG per annum 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.

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LNG World News Staff, October 4, 2013