Chinese LNG imports in March increase by 16 percent in first significant recent monthly rise in shipments
Chinese liquefied natural gas imports in March 2023 rose by almost 16 percent as demand showed its most significant monthly increase in 14 months.
Gazprom prefers new natural gas links via Black Sea to Turkey rather than restoring damaged Baltic Nord Stream
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Chinese LNG imports continue to decline while shipments and pipeline gas supplies from Russia increase
Chinese liquefied natural gas imports in July 2022 to its network of 22 regasification terminals declined significantly on a year-on-year basis amid an economic slowdown while shipments from Russia have edged higher since the Ukraine invasion.
China natural gas
March 23 (LNGJ) - Chinese January-February domestic natural gas production rose 8 percent to 31.4 billion cubic metres with an average daily output of 520 million cubic metres, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. Imports of pipeline natural gas and LNG together reached 17.80 million tonnes compared with 17.36MT in Jan-Feb 2019, up 2.6 percent year on year. Domestic crude oil output rose 3.7 percent year on year to 32MT from January to February, while imports increased 5.2 percent from a year earlier to 86.09MT. Some 99.19MT of crude oil was processed during the two months, down 3.8 percent from January-February 2019.
