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LNG loadings at Australia’s Port Dampier fall in Nov

  • Märkte: Natural gas
  • 21.12.23

LNG shipments from Australia's Port Dampier in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (WA) in November were lower on the year, while year-to-date totals were 8pc behind 2022, down for the second consecutive month.

Dampier's two LNG projects, the 16.9mn t/yr North West Shelf LNG and 4.9mn t/yr Pluto LNG, both operated by Australian independent Woodside Energy, exported 1.57mn t in November, just 50,000t higher than in October, according to Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) data.

November shipments were 4pc lower than a year earlier, when shipments were at their lowest level in six months. The plants' combined nameplate capacity is 1.82mn t/month.

The only other Australian port data for November LNG exports were for shipments from Queensland's Gladstone port, which dipped by 6pc on the year to total 1.83mn t. The three LNG projects that export from east Australia are all at Gladstone.

Combined exports from Gladstone and Port Dampier were at 3.4mn t in November, down from a combined total of 3.64mn t in October and 3.57mn t in November 2022.

Australia shipped 6.3mn t of LNG in November, preliminary data from Vortexa shows, down from 6.7mn t a year earlier and 6.6mn t in October.

This means the four other producing LNG projects comprising the 8.9mn t/yr Ichthys and 3.7mn t/yr Darwin LNGs in the Northern Territory city of Darwin, as well as WA's 15.6mn t/yr Gorgon and 8.9mn t/yr Wheatstone LNG projects, exported 2.9mn t in November.

The 3.6mn t/yr Prelude LNG export terminal offshore WA has not loaded a cargo since August, as planned maintenance continued in the month of November.

Port Dampier LNG exports (mn t)
Nov '231.57
Oct '231.52
Nov '221.63
Jan-Nov '2317.38
Jan-Nov '2218.86
y-o-y % ±-4
m-o-m % ±3
2023 YTD vs 2022 YTD % ±-8

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