The 174,000-cbm LNG carrier Al Qaiyyah, chartered by QatarEnergy, arrived at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on Friday, according to the Zeebrugge port data and its AIS data.<\/p>\n
After unloading the LNG cargo, Al Qaiyyah is expected to depart the facility on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Last month, Golden Pass LNG, a joint venture owned by energy giants QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil, shipped\u00a0<\/a>the first cargo of LNG produced from the first liquefaction train at its facility in Texas.<\/p>\n Al Qaiyyah started signaling Zeebrugge as its final destination since it departed the Golden Pass LNG export plant.<\/p>\n QatarEnergy has previously booked long-term regasification capacity at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal.<\/a><\/p>\n The Golden Pass LNG export facility is also expected to ship its second cargo<\/a> soon, following the arrival of the 174,000-cbm HL Sea Eagle, owned by H-Line Shipping and\u00a0chartered by ExxonMobil.<\/p>\n The Golden Pass LNG export terminal is the 10th such facility in the US.<\/p>\n It has three liquefaction trains with a total capacity of 18.1 million tons per year, five 155,000 cbm LNG storage tanks, and two marine berths to accommodate the world\u2019s largest LNG carriers.<\/p>\n State-owned QatarEnergy, whose LNG and other facilities in Ras Laffan were\u00a0attacked<\/a>\u00a0last in March, owns a 70 percent stake in the Golden Pass project and will\u00a0offtake 70 percent of the capacity<\/a>, while US energy firm ExxonMobil has a 30 percent share.<\/p>\n