Chinese liquefied natural gas imports in March 2023 rose by almost 16 percent as demand showed its most significant monthly increase in 14 months.
Shell is moving ahead with the development of 145 new onshore coal-seam gas wells to maintain the necessary production levels at the Queensland Curtis LNG export plant on Curtis Island near the port of Gladstone.
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) has agreed three liquefied natural gas deals with US project developer Venture Global totalling 5 million tonnes per annum, two for the Plaquemines project and one for the Calcasieu Pass plant, both in Louisiana.
The Australia-Pacific LNG plant in Queensland, owned by ConocoPhillips, Australian utility Origin Energy and Chinese major Sinopec, has shipped its 500th cargo, with the destination being China.