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About 1.81 million tonnes of LNG or 28 cargoes left the three Gladstone terminals on Curtis Island last month, GPC’s data shows.
This compares to 1.70 million tonnes of LNG or 26 cargoes in July 2024.
July LNG exports dropped compared to 1.89 million tonnes of LNG or 29 cargoes in June 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.
China volumes down
Most of last month’s LNG exports (952,205 onnes) landed in China, a 2.8 percent decrease from the previous year.
Moreover, Gladstone LNG exports to South Korea rose to 479,669 tonnes from 361,808 tonnes in July 2024, while Japan volumes reached 259,930 tonnes last month. There were no exports to Japan in July 2024.
Malaysian volumes reached 122,262 tonnes in July this year, down from 184,525 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.