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Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export revenue and shipments in March rose compared to the previous month, according to EnergyQuest.
The consultancy estimates that Australian LNG export revenue reached A$4.27 billion ($3.05 billion) last month.
EnergyQuest said this was up by A$0.29 billion (+7.3 percent) from $3.98 billion in February 2026, but lower than A$4.80 billion in January 2026.
The March 2026 result was also lower than the December result of A$5 billion, the November result of A$4.95 billion, and the October result of A$4.60 billion, it said.
99 cargoes
Based on shipping data, EnergyQuest estimates that Australia exported 6.85 Mt of LNG in March 2026, totaling 99 cargoes.
This represented an increase of 9.5 percent from February, when exports totaled 6.26 Mt, for 90 cargoes.
When annualized, March’s exports represent 80.7 Mtpa, equivalent to 93.8 percent of the total Australian nameplate capacity of 86 Mtpa, according to EnergyQuest.
Combined, the five Western Australia projects (NWS, Pluto, Gorgon, Prelude, and Wheatstone) shipped 53 cargoes for 3.77 Mt during March 2026.
This is three cargoes for 0.21 Mt more than the 50 cargoes for 3.56 Mt they shipped in February, but six cargoes for 0.38 Mt less than the 59 cargoes for 4.15 Mt they shipped during January 2026, EnergyQuest said.
The Ichthys LNG project and the Darwin LNG project together shipped 12 cargoes (Ichthys only) for 0.89 Mt during March 2026, which was up by one cargo compared to 11 cargoes for 0.81 Mt in February and equivalent to the 12 cargoes for 0.89 Mt in January 2025 and 12 cargoes for 0.91 Mt (Ichthys only) in December 2025, EnergyQuest said.
Chevron’s unit in Australia said on March 29 that the restart of the two-train Wheatstone LNG plant is likely to take a “number of weeks” before production returns to full rates due to damaged equipment following a powerful tropical cyclone in Western Australia.
The company recently said that its Wheatstone LNG facility near Onslow in Western Australia was operating at 50 percent capacity, while repairs continue on the second liquefaction train.