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About 2 million tonnes of LNG or 31 cargoes left the three Gladstone terminals on Curtis Island last month, GPC’s data shows.
This compares to about 1.98 million tonnes of LNG or 30 cargoes in April 2024.
April LNG exports decreased compared to 2.17 million tonnes of LNG or 34 cargoes in March this year.
Curtis Island hosts the Santos-operated GLNG plant, the ConocoPhillips-led APLNG terminal, and Shell’s QCLNG facility.
These are the only LNG export facilities on Australia’s east coast.
Most of last month’s LNG exports (1.27 million tonnes) landed in China, a 4 percent decrease from the previous year.
On the other hand, Gladstone LNG exports to South Korea rose to 354,148 tonnes from 239,743 tonnes in April 2024, while Malaysian volumes rose to 183,411 tonnes from 122,555 tonnes in April last year.
Other destinations for Gladstone LNG exports in April include Japan (132,982 tonnes) and Singapore (63,540 tonnes)
GPC’s data shows that volumes to Japan dropped in April compared to 190,797 tonnes last year, while exports to Singapore rose from 44,840 tonnes last year.
Gladstone LNG exports rose 4.7 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, GPC’s data previously showed.
The three terminals shipped about 24.04 million tonnes of LNG or 364 cargoes in 2024.
This compares to 22.97 million tonnes of LNG or 350 cargoes in 2023, and 22.64 million tonnes of LNG or 354 cargoes in 2022, the data shows.
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