Aussie east coast LNG exports down 12% in January
LNG exports from the three projects on the Australian east coast in January were 1.8mn metric tons, down 11.7% year/year, Gladstone Port Corp. said on February 6. The exports were down 2.7% month/month.
Exports to China were 976,398 mt, down from 1.05mn mt last year. The data showed that the east coast projects exported 410,533 mt of LNG to South Korea, up slightly from 410,140 mt last year. The exports to Japan were 125,611 mt, down from 186,981 mt in January 2022. Malaysia shipped in 243,43 mt of LNG, up from 125,375 mt a year ago.
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The three east coast projects are Australia Pacific LNG, Gladstone LNG, and Queensland Curtis LNG. LNG exports from these projects came in at 22.64mn mt in 2022, down from a record 23.47mn mt in 2021.
The three LNG exporters in late September signed a heads of agreement with the Australian government to increase the gas supply to the domestic market.