Oz East Coast LNG Exports Down Over 6% in June

LNG exports from projects located on the Australian east coast stood at 1.7mn metric tons (mt) in June, down 6.6% yr/yr, according to data published by Gladstone Ports Corporation on July 6.

The three LNG export projects – the ConocoPhillips-Origin Energy Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG), Shell’s Queensland Curtis LNG, and the Santos-led Gladstone LNG – shipped 1.36mn metric tons of LNG to China last month compared with 1.32mn mt in the same period of last year. Exports to China were up 16.2% month on month, the data showed.

Malaysia imported 62,893 mt of LNG from the plants last month, compared with 125,791 mt in the same month last year. South Korea imported 279,006 mt, up from 241,896 mt, according to the data.