Oz East Coast LNG Exports up 9% in Oct

LNG exports from projects located on the Australian east coast came to 2.01mn metric tons in October, up 9% month on month and 1% year on year, according to the latest data published by Gladstone Ports Corporation.

The three projects – the ConocoPhillips-Origin Energy Australia Pacific LNG, Shell’s Queensland Curtis LNG, and the Santos-led Gladstone LNG – shipped 1.21mn mt of LNG to China last month compared with 1.38mn mt a year earlier.

Malaysia imported 189,280 mt of LNG, against 63,251 mt in October 2019. South Korea imported 342,070 mt, up from 285,179 mt, while shipments to Japan came to  127,999 mt, compared with 127,836 mt. Singapore imported 141,863 mt versus 123,928 mt a year earlier.