RE: A VIEW TO SUCCESS22 Dec 2021 19:57
The answer to Schlemiels Q is that 10 TJ would equal around £400,000 @ today's prices.. In Europe (Asia pay less)
A shipping vessel delivered a partial cargo of Australian LNG to Barcelona on December 2 after leaving the larger part of the shipment in China.
“This is believed to be the first Australian LNG into Europe since 2009, when there were a couple of Australian cargoes to the UK and France,” he added.
According to data from Clarksons Platou, the difference between European and Asian prices is currently the widest on record.
On Monday, spot LNG shipments to Europe were pricing at roughly $44 per million British thermal units compared with about $38/Mmbtu in Asia, it said. During October and November prices in Asia had averaged $5/Mmbtu above those in Europe, the brokerage said.
Torbjorn Tornqvist, the founder and chief executive of Gunvor, the world’s biggest independent LNG trader, said he expected to see 15 to 20 cargoes, in addition to the normal flow, head to Europe this month and the same amount in January.
“Europe is clearly pricing itself to attract a lot of LNG and it needs it,” he said. “Without that, the supply situation could be very serious depending on the weather. Stocks are already low and will be exceptionally low by the end of the winter.”
Froley added that Royal Dutch Shell, which has an offtake agreement with the Pampa Melchorita LNG terminal in Peru, had been sending Peruvian LNG to the UK for the first time since 2019. Seven such Shell cargoes have arrived in the UK since the end of October, with four more cargoes scheduled “in coming weeks”, he said.
Like in continental Europe, UK gas prices have risen roughly 600 per cent since the start of the year, bankrupting more than two dozen domestic energy suppliers.
Gas accounts for about 40 per cent of UK electricity generation and heats the majority of homes. It depends on LNG shipments for roughly a fifth of total supply.