LNG

LNG cargo liftings were higher worldwide for a second straight week even as North Asia spot LNG prices dropped for January and February deliveries, while staying around the $6.200 per million British thermal units level as European and US natural gas benchmarks retreated amid Covid-19 shutdowns.

US LNG exports increased to 11 shipments in the past week from six in the previous week, backed by a surge in feed-gas supplies to the main liquefaction plants that reached its highest level since May 2020, though US prices plunged on concern about the high surplus in the latest storage figures.