DOE releases US LNG export data

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has released LNG import and export data for the US for the first four months of 2016.

According to the data, Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC exported a total of 21 508 223 million ft³ of LNG since the first shipment to Brazil onboard the Asia Vision tanker in February 2016. Following that shipment, a further six cargoes of LNG departed the terminal up until 25 April 2016, delivering to India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Argentina and Portugal. The price at export point ranged from US$3.35/million Btu to US$4.10/million Btu.

The data also shows that American LNG Marketing LLC exported a total of 7432 million ft³ of LNG in ISO containers from Miami, Florida, US to Barbados in the first four months of 2016.

The US also imported 34.8 billion ft³ of LNG from Trinidad in the first four months of 2016, according to the data. This figure stedily declined from 12 billion ft³ of LNG in January 2016 to just 4.7 billion ft³ of LNG in April 2016.

Edited from various sources by Callum O'Reilly

Read the article online at: https://www.lngindustry.com/liquefaction/21062016/doe-releases-us-lng-export-data-2639/