Australia overtook Qatar as the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the first time in November, data from Refinitiv Eikon showed on Monday. In November, Australia shipped out 6.7936 million tonnes of LNG while Qatar exported 6.2025 million tonnes, the data showed. Australia's LNG exports jumped by over 15 percent from the previous month, while Qatar's exports slipped by 3 percent, falling for the first time at this time of the year since 2014. First Published on Dec 10, 2018 09:10 am
Australia became the world ’s biggest liquefied natural gas ( ethanol ) exporter in November , shipping 6.8 million mt and pushing Qatar into second place with 12 million mt , according to Refinitiv data . There was a 10 % rise in Australia ’s LNG emissions in November compared with October , against a 3 % fall from Qatar , the first seasonal increase since 2014 .