Qatargas Delivers First Q-Max Cargo to Thailand

Qatargas has delivered the first Q-Max cargo of LNG to Thailand, which came under its long-term agreement with Thai PTT, the company said August 12.

The cargo arrived on board the Q-Max LNG vessel, Bu Samra, August 5 at Thailand’s Map Ta Phut LNG receiving terminal. This is the first Q-Max vessel to arrive at Map Ta Phut terminal since the startup of the terminal in 2011, when Qatargas delivered the first cargo to Thailand. Since then, Qatargas has supplied PTT with approximately 9mn metric tons of LNG, delivering most of these cargoes via Q-Flex vessels, it said.
   
In December 2012, Qatargas 3 and PTT signed an agreement to deliver 2mn mt/yr of LNG for a period of 20 years from 2015. Qatargas 3 is a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum, ConocoPhillips and Mitsui. It consists of one train with a capacity of 7.8mn mt/yr. 

This agreement marked PTT’s first long-term LNG SPA and Qatargas’ first long-term agreement to supply LNG to southeast Asia.  
 
Currently, Map Ta Phut LNG receiving terminal is the only LNG receiving terminal operating in Thailand, and it can receive both Q-Flex and Q-Max vessels.

Q-Max vessels can carry up to 266,000 m³ of LNG and are 80% larger than the conventional LNG vessels. 

Shardul Sharma