Gazprom said pipeline natural gas exports to countries outside the former states of the Soviet Union dropped by more than 30 percent, while the company’s shares also plunged on not paying a dividend along with those of German utility Uniper on its lack of guaranteed Russian gas supplies.
Chinese LNG imports have slumped in 2022 so far and they have been offset by increasing pipeline natural gas imports from the Central Asian states of the former Soviet Union.
China confirmed that 2020 liquefied natural gas imports hit a record as energy needs continued to grew even after the slowdown in the first half caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
China's liquefied natural gas imports increased by 25 percent in October, though were still short of the monthly shipments received by the world’s No. 1 LNG importer Japan as the Japanese are failing to reach nuclear re-start targets as a replacement power generation fuel.
China's liquefied natural gas imports increased by 13 percent in September, though were still well short of the monthly shipments received by the world’s No. 1 importer Japan.