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.

The US exported 14 liquefied natural gas shipments in the past week, four more than the previous week, as rising European and Asian LNG values and increasing Gulf Coast LNG futures prices were expected to give some momentum to the winter cargo market.