Oz East Coast LNG Exports in Aug Down 7%

LNG exports from projects located on the Australian east coast stood at 1.67mn metric tons in August, down 7.2% yr/yr, according to data published by Gladstone Ports Corporation on September 7. Exports were unchanged month on month.

The three LNG export projects – the ConocoPhillips-Origin Energy Australia Pacific LNG, Shell’s Queensland Curtis LNG, and the Santos-led Gladstone LNG – shipped 1.23mn mt of LNG to China last month compared with 1.44mn mt in the same month of last year. Month on month, exports to China were, however, up 10.8%.

Malaysia imported 188,194 mt of LNG, against 125,095 mt in the year-ago period. South Korea imported 115,643 mt, down from 231,334 mt, the data showed. Shipments to Japan were 134,192 mt.