
China set to top Japan as world's biggest natural gas importer
Beijing’s crackdown on pollution has put China on track to overtake Japan this year as the world’s biggest importer of natural gas.
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Beijing’s crackdown on pollution has put China on track to overtake Japan this year as the world’s biggest importer of natural gas.

Shipping data in Thomson Reuters Eikon shows that China’s imports of LNG will have risen by more than 50% in 2017.

LNG finished 2017 in stunning fashion as a crackdown on pollution in China boosts demand for cleaner fossil fuels.

Wison has completed delivery of the world’s first barge-based FSRU to Exmar.

CNOOC hires 100-truck convoy to ship LNG to icy north.

LNG is being re-exported to China from Japan and tankers are being diverted from as far away as Brazil.

Australia’s Mineral Resources has offered AUS$484 million for domestic gas producer AWE Ltd.

Asian LNG spot prices rose above US$10 per mmBtu on 7 December.

Wison has announced that it will collaborate with CCS Wuhan Rules & Research Institute on China’s FSRU industry standards.

China’s state planner has ordered eight regions to meet with natural gas producers, LNG terminal operators and traders.

Demand due to peak over the cold winter months as millions of households shift from burning coal for heating to using gas.

China’s domestic prices for LNG on 27 November topped US$1061 a tonne.