China’s LNG imports pick up in H1 2016
Sinopec’s Qingdao LNG terminal. It has imported more LNG than any other Chinese terminal so far this year. (Sinopec)
China’s LNG imports accelerated sharply in the first half of 2016, putting the world’s third-largest importer of the fuel on course to exceed last year’s total volume.
H1 LNG imports amounted to 11.56 mt, an increase of 21.22% from the previous year and equal to 58% of last year’s total volume, according to data from the General Administration of Customs last month.