China’s LNG imports in Jan-Feb soar to records as prices decline and economy shows signs of recovery
Chinese liquefied natural gas imports for the two-month January-February 2024 period soared by more than 23 percent from a year earlier as prices declined and demand grew during a time that encompassed the Lunar New Year holidays in China.
Chinese LNG imports jump along with domestic natural gas production while coal use is also on the increase
Chinese liquefied natural gas imports soared last month along with the nation’s domestic natural gas production as industrial and power needs kept pace with economic growth.
KBR Kazakhstan deal
May 20 (LNG) - LNG and energy engineering company, KBR of the US, has signed a joint venture agreement with NIPIneftegas JSC to establish a new engineering and support services company in Kazakhstan, the former Soviet Republic which is a big supplier of pipeline natural gas to China.
“With support from KBR and NIPIneftegas, the venture called KBR-NIPILLP, will provide engineering, procurement, design and related services for projects across the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas sectors, within the Republic of Kazakhstan,” said a statement. Kazakhstan supplied 7.5 billion cubic metres of natural gas to China last year and plans to gradually increase this total to 10 Bcm per annum.
