Aussie east coast LNG exports down 5% in September

LNG exports from the three projects on the Australian east coast in September came in at 1.9mn metric tons, down 4.5% year/year, Gladstone Port Corp. said on October 6. The exports were up 3.8% month/month, however.

Exports to China were 1.21mn mt, up from 1.03mn mt last year. The east coast projects exported 381,055 mt of LNG to South Korea last month, up from 271,575 mt a year ago, the data showed. The exports to Japan were 127,213 mt, down from 254,224 mt last year. Malaysia imported 123,152 mt, down from 244,587 mt.

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The three east coast projects are Australia Pacific LNG, Gladstone LNG, and Queensland Curtis LNG. LNG exports from the three projects came in at a record 23.47mn mt in 2021, up 4.96% yr/yr.

The three LNG exporters last week signed a heads of agreement with the Australian government to increase the supply of gas to the domestic market.