June 19, 2009: The Repsol LNG tanker Sestao
Knutsenis is expected to arrive at
the Bahia Blanca LNG terminal
in Argentina on June 27 after
leaving Trinidad on June 13. The
tanker has a capacity of 138,000
cubic meters, and its delivery of
LNG to Argentina comes after
the Castillo de Villalba arrived at
Bahia Blanca on June 13. Reuters said Repsol expects to send and
average of one LNG cargo a
month to the Bahia Blanca terminal
for the rest of the year.
March 30, 2009: Bahia Blanca will receive an LNG cargo from the Excelerate Excelsior in May, its first of the year, according to Reuters. “There will be a cargo down in Argentina this summer, at the beginning of May,” the source said. The last cargo at Bahía Blanca was in August. The LNG will be sourced by Stream, which is a joint venture between Repsol and Gas Natural. It is expected that the Excelsior will remain at the terminal for the duration of the southern hemisphere’s winter.
July 21, 2008: On July 21, Repsol announced that a successful ship-to-ship transfer and regasification of 131,433 cubic meters of LNG occurred at Bahía Blanca between the Excelsior and the Excelerate ships. Excelsior then docked and hooked up to the gas network, where it injected gas at a rate of 8 million cubic meters per day.
June 9, 2008: The Bahía Blanca Gas Port received Argentina's first LNG shipment on June 9, 2008. Excelerate Energy's LNG vessel, the Excelsior, successfuly docked at the port 400 miles south of Buenos Aires, and vaporized natural gas was pumped directly into Argentina's natural gas network.
Argentine Gas Port Set to Go May 25
ABSTRACT: Crooks, Nathan. “Enarsa: Temporary LNG tanker to arrive May 25.”
Source: Business News Americas
Website: http://www.bnamericas.com/story.jsp?idioma=I§or=9¬icia=434223
May 13, 2008: A floating storage regasification vessel (FSRV) will arrive in Argentina's Bahía Blanca Bay on May 25 to begin supplying the country with 8.0 million cubic meters (283 million cubic feet) per day of natural gas through a gas port. We presume the vessel is one from Excelerate Energy’s fleet.
The terminal has been developed quickly as Argentine temperatures fall. The gas from the specially equipped vessel will enter Argentina's pipeline network through a high-pressure connection similar to the UK’s Teeside terminal built and operated by Excelerate Energy. The dock where the connection will be made is owned by Argentine firm Mega, the BN America’s report said.
The ship has been contracted through September. Prices for the Trinidadian LNG to supply the port will range from $13/MMBtu to $16/MMBtu, according to the report. Argentina's federal government will bear the substantial cost to subsidize the gas to residential consumers at $1/MMBtu and industrial markets for $2.50/MMBtu. |