• Siberian Gas by Way of London Rescues Chilly Boston - Bloomberg
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-08/boston-imports-gas-from-u-k-site-that-got-first-siberian-cargo

    Not many people had expected the U.S. to turn to Europe for natural gas this winter.

    Yet the polar chill that gripped the U.S. East Coast this month, and sent spot prices to records, has led to a tanker loading a cargo of liquefied natural gas in the U.K. for Boston, some of which was likely produced by a project in Siberia targeted by U.S. financial curbs.

    The Gaselys tanker is due to arrive in Boston on Jan. 22 after loading fuel from storage tanks at the U.K.’s Isle of Grain, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. The vessel docked at Grain shortly after the terminal near London received the first cargo from the $27 billion Yamal LNG plant in Russia’s icy north. 

    Gas from anywhere is profitable into that northeastern U.S. gas market as prices are the highest in the world,” said Trevor Sikorski, head of natural gas, coal and carbon at Energy Aspects Ltd. in London.

    Incroyable, mais vrai !

    On notera que le Gaselys est un méthanier appartenant à Gazocéan (filiale d’Engie (80%) et NYK Line), sous pavillon français, construit aux Chantiers de l’Atlantique…

    • Après la Tamise, c’est la Loire qui blanchira le gaz sibérien vers les É.-U.

      Saint-Nazaire. Sur le port, bientôt un « hub » pour le gaz russe
      https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/saint-nazaire-44600/saint-nazaire-sur-le-port-bientot-un-hub-pour-le-gaz-russe-5463131 (article du 29/12/17 dans l’édition de Saint-Nazaire, repris le 10/01/18 dans celle de Vannes)

      Des méthaniers brise-glace de Sibérie vont venir décharger régulièrement. Le gaz repartira aussitôt approvisionner partout sur la planète. Un enjeu majeur pour le terminal portuaire de Saint-Nazaire.

      « 24 heures chrono. Digne d’un arrêt au stand en course automobile », image Bruno Michel, nouveau directeur du terminal méthanier de Saint-Nazaire. Le bolide, c’est un méthanier brise-glace. Un bateau venu de Sibérie avec du gaz russe et contenant de quoi approvisionner une ville comme Nantes ! En une journée, il faut transborder 150 000 mètres cubes de gaz liquide dans un autre navire, qui l’expédiera à un client... quelque part dans le monde. « Les transactions sont décidées peu de temps avant, au plus offrant, résume Bruno Michel. Nous, on est une plateforme logistique. Pas de transformation, juste un transbordement express. Une nouvelle activité. »

      Première escale attendue en mars.

    • Un p’tit rond dans l’eau et un peu de retard, mais c’est à cause de la météo.

      Tanker With Russian Gas Still Set for Boston After Weather Delay - Bloomberg
      https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-19/tanker-with-russian-gas-still-set-for-boston-after-weather-delay

      The liquefied natural gas tanker headed to the U.S. with a controversial cargo is due to resume its journey after making a U-turn in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean last night.

      The vessel named Gaselys was set to land at a terminal outside Boston on Saturday and changed its course to delay the date of its arrival, according Engie SA, the French utility that owns the cargo. 

      The ship turned east last night and listed its destination as Algeciras near Gibraltar, and that entry still remains on a ship-tracking database compiled by Bloomberg.

      The final destination of the cargo did not change,” Damien de Gaulejac, a spokesman for Engie, said by email. “It is still Everett, but the date of delivery has been adjusted, in particular for weather reasons.” 

      The vessel is carrying a cargo from storage tanks at a terminal near London, which earlier received the first fuel from the $27 billion Yamal LNG plant in Russia’s icy north. It’s a closely-watched shipment because some of the gas came from the project that’s under financial sanctions imposed by the U.S. in 2014 after President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine’s Crimea. 

      The shipment was arranged during a polar cold snap that gripped the U.S. northeast earlier this month, sending prices to records.