韩国10月液化天然气进口量增长近38％

中国石化新闻网讯 据世界天然气网站11月15日报道，全球第三大液化天然气（LNG）买家韩国10月份获得379万吨冷冻燃料，同比增长37.9％。

根据海关数据，与上个月相比，液化天然气进口增长了12.7％。

数据显示，韩国上个月为液化天然气平均支付了每百万英国热量单位11.14美元。相比之下，去年10月的每百万英国热量单位为8.12美元。

卡塔尔是世界上最大的液化天然气生产国，仍然是韩国进口的主要来源，10月卡塔尔进口的冷藏燃料为115万吨，同比增长34.6％。

上月美国是韩国第二大液化天然气供应国，为606,414公吨，其次是澳大利亚，为589,101公吨。

海关数据显示，上个月进口到 韩国的剩余产量来自马来西亚，阿曼，印度尼西亚，俄罗斯，尼日利亚，安哥拉，特立尼达和新加坡。

值得一提的是，韩国国有企业韩国天然气公司最近报告其国内销售额同比增长37.9％。

该公司销售了冷冻燃料259万吨，而去年同期为187万吨。

李方征 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

South Korea’s October LNG imports up almost 38 pct

South Korea, the world’s third buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), received 3.79 million tonnes of the chilled fuel in October, a rise of 37.9 percent year-on-year.

Compared to the previous month, LNG imports rose 12.7 percent, according to the customs data.

The data shows that South Korea paid an average of $11.14 per million British thermal units for LNG last month. This compares to $8.12 per mmBtu in October last year.

Qatar, the world’s top LNG producer, remained the dominant source of South Korean imports with 1.15 million tonnes of the chilled fuel imported from Qatar in October, a rise of 34.6 percent on year.

US was the second-largest LNG supplier to Korea last month with 606,414 mt, followed by Australia with 589,101 mt.

The remaining volumes imported into South Korea last month were sourced from Malaysia, Oman, Indonesia, Russia, Nigeria, Angola, Trinidad and Singapore, the customs data shows.

Worth mentioning here, South Korean state-owned Korea Gas recently reported a year-on-year jump of 37.9 percent in its domestic sales.

The company sold 2.59 million tonnes of the chilled fuel which compares to 1.87 million tonnes in the corresponding month last year.