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LNG short-term analytics: Market intel
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The "LNG Short-Term Analytics: Market Intel" report is part of Wood Mackenzie's LNG Short-Term Analytics Service. The report includes Wood Mackenzie's take on recent events and news relating to the short-term LNG market - across liquefaction, shipping, regas, demand and trade. The page is updated on a rolling basis and will outline some key changes to our balances before we publish our monthly reports.
Table of contents
- Freeport struggling to fight off Winter Storm Heather
- Israel gives go-ahead for Tamar to resume production
- Israel’s Energy Ministry orders shut down of Chevron’s Tamar gas field
- Chevron and unions agree: Australian LNG industrial action is over
- Freeport resumes LNG exports
- Strike action escalates at Chevron’s operated facilities
- Freeport unplanned outage: what's happening after week 1?
- TTF volatility continues as strike talks progress
- Looming strikes in Australia increase risks of global LNG exports disruption
- Nigeria’s Forcados offline for over two weeks
- Tangguh LNG Train 3 moving to commissioning phase
- Shell and PETRONAS sanction Phase 10 of Egypt’s West Delta Deep Marine Development
- Panama Canal Authority tightens draft restrictions
- LNG Tendering highlights
- LNG Supply highlights
- German LNG Acceleration Act amendments
- The world’s largest LNG offshore facility, Bauhinia Spirit, begins operations in Hong Kong
- The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim FPSO departs for the offshore facility
- Russia’s Novatek takeover of Shell’s assets in Sakhalin-2 is delayed
- Planned maintenance underway at various facilities
- Two-week outage at Snohvit
- Israel sanctions new overland export pipeline to Egypt
- Five-week maintenance at Gorgon LNG
- Issues at gas turbines will impact Calcasieu Pass run rates
- Philippines to receive first cargo
- Reduced LNG prices have shortened the timeline for commissioning the LNG import terminals in Asia
- Uptick in Freeport's activity
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Elbehafen LNG (Brunsbuettel) sends first gas to the German grid
- Development and operational basis
- Downstream constraints
- Downtime at ADNOC continues over Q1
- First loading at Freeport LNG, as feedgas is taken to cool down Train 3
- Skikda likely back online after downtime
- Freeport approved to begin cooldown of Loop 1
- Can Algeria export more LNG in 2023?
- Nigeria's fierce military crack-down on crude theft and illegal refining
- Germany’s first FSRU has arrived near Greifswald Bay
- Nigeria's run rates still around 50% a month after flooding
- Cheniere comments on maintenance in 2023
- Freeport LNG unlikely to hit the mid-November restart timeline
- First LNG tanker arrives at Coral FLNG
- Risks to Freeport LNG ramp-up
- Cove Point LNG ends annual maintenance
- Update on fall maintenance expectations at Cheniere trains
- Cove Point LNG maintenance continues
- Sabine Pass requests to place Storage Tank S-101 back in service
- Multiple vessels head to Freeport as facility’s restart approaches
- First signs of activity at Cove Point after maintenance
- Nigeria LNG declares Force Majeure
- Full inventories prompt Sabine Pass to take trains offline
- Leak on the Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline impacting MLNG's cargo exports
- Difficulty loading at Sabine Pass’ newly-opened third berth
- All eyes on Freeport's restart and its pace of ramp up
- Cove Point LNG begins annual maintenance and inspections
- Oman LNG Train 1 debottlenecking
- Netherlands EemsEnergy terminal receives its first LNG cargo
- Cheniere’s request to exempt gas turbines not granted by EPA
- Hurricane forecast update
- Mitsui and Mitsubishi keep Sakhalin-2 LNG stakes in Russia, while Shell exits
- Freeport carrying maintenance at Train 2
- Freeport LNG provides update on restart timeline
- Union and Shell strike agreement at Prelude FLNG
- Gazprom announces unplanned 3-day maintenance on Nord Stream pipeline
- First loading is approaching at Coral FLNG
- Freeport LNG cancels force majeure related to June explosion
- Pertamina offering Bontang cargo due to issue at fertiliser facility
- Freeport's third-party assessment of damage likely complete
- Russia takes first step towards Sakhalin-2 expropriation
- Calcasieu Pass commissioning the last two trains of the facility
- Cheniere warns EPA ruling will greatly disrupt exports to Europe
- Coral FLNG receives first gas
- Planned turnaround in Peru in July
- Ichthys planned maintenance under way
- Wilhelmshaven floating LNG terminal starts construction
- Freeport imagery: root cause failure analysis underway
- Freeport update: the facility will remain offline for 3+ months
- Freeport LNG to remain offline for at least 3 weeks
- Maintenance at Angola LNG
- LNG cargo diversions in Asia and Europe
- Explosion at Freeport LNG
- East-Coast Australian producers swing gas to the domestic market
- Indonesia's Merakes performing well in first quarter
- Wheatstone's large planned maintenance finalised
- What is driving record gas price differentials in Northwest Europe?
- Tangguh LNG Train 2 to restart after technical issue
- Calcasieu Pass seeks authorisation to load from second jetty
- Eni and Egypt’s EGAS sign gas framework agreement
- Prelude FLNG back online
- Calcasieu Pass to introduce feedgas into Trains 9 and 10
- Planned maintenance starts at Freeport Train 1
- New Fortress Energy seeks to deploy "Fast LNG" in the US by Q1 2023
- Sinopec and PetroChina consider buying discounted spot cargoes from Russia
- Gunvor and ENI renege on long-term contracts to Pakistan
- Woodside starts flows on the Pluto-KGP interconnector
- Wheatstone LNG starts planned maintenance
- One train likely offline at Ichthys LNG
- ADNOC LNG Train 3 likely offline
- US to supply Europe with an additional 15 bcm of LNG in 2022?
- Calcasieu Pass to commission trains 11 and 12
- Qatargas-3 restarts after maintenance
- Panama Canal usage hits a record low
- TotalEnergies outlines approach to Russian projects and volumes
- Coral FLNG first cargo brought forward
- Lucas Schmitt, 21 March 2022
- Update on Congo's Marine XII FLNG
- Eni revisits FLNG in Congo
- Weekly US LNG deliveries to Europe hit a record high
- Qatar's RL3 back online after maintenance but another megatrain goes offline
- Russian LNG cargoes still unloading at European regasification terminals
- Calcasieu Pass LNG ramps up train 6
- Are buyers shunning Russian LNG?
- BP, Shell, Equinor, and ExxonMobil announce Russia exit, while TotalEnergies pledges no new Russia investments
- Qatar's RL3 facility brought offline for planned maintenance
- Update on Arctic LNG 2 construction
- Egypt to receive more gas from Israel
- Martijn Murphy, 17 February 2022
- Woodside are searching far and wide for NWS gas supply
- U.S. LNG Departures Hit a Weekly Record High This Past Week
- Calcasieu Pass LNG Given Permission to Commission Gas Turbines 4 and 5
- Calcasieu Pass LNG Starts Ramping Up Train 5
- Cheniere Announces Substantial Completion of Sabine Pass Train 6
- Calcasieu Pass requesting authorisation to load first cargo in February
- Restart at Snohvit delayed to mid-May 2022
- Sabine Pass Train 6 to start commercial operations
- Calcasieu Pass LNG authorised to introduce feedgas into trains 3 and 4
- First liquefaction from Calcasieu Pass LNG
- First heat signals from two gas turbines at Calcasieu Pass
- Bontang output under pressure in 2022 despite Merakes well restarting
- Tangguh LNG export targets flat year-on-year
- Planned maintenance at Tangguh LNG
- Prelude FLNG offline to extend to at least March 2022
- First liquefaction to begin shortly at Calcasieu Pass LNG
- Turkey’s LNG imports rose sharply in October and remain high
- Korea : Strong nuclear generation and high LNG arrivals lead to record LNG inventory
- Fire at Prelude FLNG
- Gorgon Train 3 goes down
- Indonesia's Merakes encounters production issues
- High mercury levels delay feedgas in Malaysia
- First liquefaction at Sabine Pass Train 6
- Construction of Al-Zour regasification terminal is completed
- Gorgon Train 1 brought offline due to gas leak
- Loadings resume at Prelude FLNG
- Cargo loadings resume at EG LNG
- FERC approves refrigerants introduction at Sabine Pass T6
- All 18 trains delivered to Calcasieu Pass LNG
- Qatar Petroleum orders 10 new vessels in two months amid expansion plans
- Calcasieu Pass LNG liquefaction Block 1 commissioning
- Singapore terminal operator looks to import LNG to protect energy security
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EG LNG to face disruptions until end-October
- Fuel Oil vs. LNG
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Qatar Petroleum and CNOOC sign 3.5 mmtpa SPA - 29 September
- Peru LNG issues to continue until end-August – 12 August
- Mid-year demand review (H1 2021)
- Mid-year demand review: Strong growth in APAC (+11% or +13.2Mt) – 16 July
- Mid-year demand review: European imports have fallen significantly (-17% or -8.5 Mt) – 16 July
- Mid-year demand review: Spike in demand in South America (+92% or +2.6 Mt) – 16 July
- Mid-year supply review (H1 2021)
- Mid-year supply review: Malaysia drives output up in South East Asia – 14 July
- Mid-year supply review: LNG output in freefall across South America – 13 July
- Mid-year supply review: Australia delivers robust H1 2021 output and gears up for growth in H2 – 12 July
- Two new LNG regas terminals - in Kuwait and Senegal - to start importing in July – 1 July
- Calcasieu Pass LNG update – 30 June
- Sabine Pass Train 6 gets green light for introducing fuel gas – 30 June
- Skikda LNG goes offline due to failure at control system – 19 June
- India: Lockdown reduce to CGD (Citygas demand) and RLNG demand reduced in Fertiliser sector – 15 June
- Yamal LNG Train 4 to undergo summer testing – 02 June
- Maintenance to reduce output at Sakhalin-2 – 01 June
- Peru LNG's disruption still ongoing – 27 May
- South Korea: High LNG generation, high LNG imports, and strong inventory rebuild – 14 May
- North West Shelf encounters production issues – 13 May
- India: Falling fertilizer demand, and expected lockdown impact to CGD (Citygas demand) – 11 May
- Peru down due to compressor issue – 10 May
- Peru's maintenance timing changing – 28 April
- Bontang's backfill Merakes comes onstream – 27 April
- Repairs at Snohvit LNG to last until March 2022 – 26 April
- Tangguh LNG Train 3 expected to face severe delays – 15 April
- South Korea: Nuclear disruption – 8 April
- (Update) Sakhalin-2 exports come back to normal pace – 01 April
- Sabine Pass Train 6 ahead of schedule – 28 March
- PETRONAS FLNG 2 exports first cargo – 27 March
- Calcasieu Pass LNG construction progressing well – 23 March
- India: BP and Reliance Industries (RIL) offering sales of KG basin gas – 15 March
- (Update) Sakhalin-2 still running on single train – 13 March
- Gorgon Train 1 comes back online – 10 March
- (Update) Sakhalin-2 running on single train – 8 March
- Feedgas disrupted at Sakhalin-2 – 3 March
- First gas from the Alen backfill in Equatorial Guinea – 1 March
- Turkey: Increased Russian pipeline flow in 2022 - 26 February 2021
- Eni restarts Egypt’s Damietta LNG plant – 22 February
- India: Poor domestic gas production - 19 February 2021
- Polar Vortex disrupts feedgas to US LNG facilities – 18 February
- PETRONAS FLNG Dua achieves first LNG production – 15 February
- Northwest Europe: Increase global uncommitted LNG - 12 February 2021
- Japan: Seasonality Change - 29 January 2021
- S.Korea: Lower inventory and increased LNG to power - 22 January 2021
- China: Stronger economic data and gas demand growth - 15 January 2021
- Pipeline attacks in Nigeria highlight increased security risks in 2021 - 10 January
Tables and charts
This report includes 57 images and tables including:
- Freeport LNG Power Draw: last 4 weeks
- Wood Mackenzie proprietary camera view of Freeport LNG
- Breakdown of pipeline imports in Egypt
- Israel gas production and capacity
- Eastern Mediterranean key gas fields and infrastructure
- Utilisation rates at Wheatstone
- Utilisation rates at Gorgon
- Freeport LNG: image taken 11 September 11:32am CT
- Egypt LNG exports
- US cargoes via Panama Canal
- Israeli gas exports to Egypt by route (May 2023)
- Wood Mackenzie proprietary camera view of Calcasieu Pass
- Freeport LNG Power Draw: last 2 weeks
- ADNOC run rates (15 day moving average)
- Nigeria's NLNG run-rate
- Nigeria's NLNG run rates (7-day rolling average)
- Nigeria's upstream fields and pipeline infrastructure
- Commissioning cargo Murex
- Hurricane status (7 Sep)
- Freeport Train 2
- Freeport's aerial view of Train 2
- FLNG timeline from unit leaving shipyard to first cargo export
- Count of cargo exports from Ichthys (by destination)
- Overall view of the current assessment area
- Zoom on current damage assessment area
- Some of the damaged pipes
- Current assumption for Freeport LNG
- Freeport LNG volumes by destination
- Freeport LNG damages
- Freeport LNG damages
- Pan Africa diversion to Japan
- Golar Glacier: U-turn
- Wood Mackenzie's proprietary camera berth view at Freeport (08 June 2022, 11:29am CT)
- Location of incident at the Freeport LNG facility
- Domestic gas prices versus LNG Netback Price
- Queensland LNG export seasonality
- Bontang LNG's cumulative output
- 10-day moving average of utilisation
- Ichthys LNG 15-day moving average utilisation
- Qatargas 10-day moving average utilisation
- 8 March 2022
- Imports from Yamal LNG (2021)
- Imports from Sakhalin-2 LNG (2021)
- Damietta's utilisation
- ELNG's utilisation
- Gorgon LNG utilisation (30-day moving average)
- EG LNG quarterly output (annualised)
- Peru LNG's capacity utilisation (30-day moving average)
- Monthly gas production
- Monthly gas consumption
- Calcasieu Pass LNG fly-over (8 March 2021)
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