China Overtakes Japan as Top Natural Gas Importer
China has recently overtaken Japan to become the world’s biggest importer of natural gas and will likely keep that crown as pipeline and liquefied natural gas infrastructure grow, according to an analysis by S&P Global Platts.
In the first ten months of this year, China imported a total of 72.06 million tons of natural gas, a 33.1% increase compared to January-October 2017.
China’s natural gas imports in January-October this year were higher than all of its natural gas imports of 68.5 million tons in 2017, Platts notes, citing Chinese customs data. During the same period, Japan’s imports of LNG stood at 67.36 million tons.
According to official data from Japan and China collected by Platts, China first overtook Japan in April this year, when it imported a total of 6.81 million tons of natural gas, higher than Japan’s imports of 6.07 million tons of LNG.
Last year, the Chinese government’s drive to switch millions of residential households from coal to natural gas resulted in China surpassing South Korea to become the world’s second-largest LNG importer behind Japan.
China’s natural gas imports are set to rise with the construction of new LNG import terminals and the Power of Siberia pipeline from Russia, expected to come into service in late 2019.
China is raising its domestic natural gas production, but it is importing and is expected to continue to import growing volumes of gas as domestic production growth cannot keep up with surging demand.
source: Financial Tribune
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