China's Gas Imports in November Through Pipeline Up 8%

China’s natural gas imports through pipeline in November increased 8.2% on year to 1.73 mmt, reported Platts citing data from General Administration of Customs.

According to Platts, customs data records natural gas trade data in mt, similar to LNG imports. The volume works out to about 2.4 billion cubic meters of pipeline gas imported last month, said Platts.

Imports from Turkmenistan fell 5.1% year on year to 1.52 million mt in November, while Uzbekistan volumes totalled 150,228 mt. Myanmar pipeline imports totalled 41,263 mt, the highest volume since transmission via the Myanmar-China pipeline started in early August.

Country’s total gas and LNG imports rose 14.8% year on year to 3.09 million mt in November, or roughly 4.26 billion cu m. LNG imports alone stood at 1.35 million mt, the data showed.

Total gas imports, including LNG imports of 15.59 million mt, during January and November were recorded at 33.82 million mt, up 30.3% year on year, Platts said citing the data.

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