Queensland Exports Record LNG in 2018
The three LNG export projects in the Australian state of Queensland shipped record LNG in 2018, latest data published January 8 by Gladstone Ports Corporation showed.
ConocoPhillips-Origin Energy Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) terminal, Shell’s Queensland Curtis LNG and the Santos-led Gladstone LNG project together shipped 20.57 million metric tons of LNG last year from Port of Gladstone, up 1.7% year-on-year.
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Exports to China were 14.24mn mt in 2018 compared with 11.59mn mt in 2017, an increase of almost 23%.
South Korea was sent 3.22mn mt of LNG last year compared with 3.9mn mt in 2017, a drop of almost 18%; while exports to Japan were 1.63mn mt in 2018, a drop of 40% on 2017, the data showed.
Australia’s LNG exports have been steadily increasing owing to start up major projects. The country became the world’s largest exporter of LNG during November with total shipments at 6.6mn mt, advisory firm EnergyQuest said December 12.