China was the world's top LNG importer in 2021, shipping in 78.8 million tonnes of the super-chilled fuel. It was overtaken by Japan last year amid high spot prices and after stringent COVID-19 containment measures curbed economic activity and energy demand, with imports slipping to 63.4 million tonnes. An executive at PetroChina Co Ltd , the listed arm of state-run China National Petroleum Corp and China's biggest gas importer, in March said China's natural gas demand is likely to grow this year as the economy recovers, but that any import rebound would be dependent on spot prices. (Reporting by Emily Chow; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
emily.chow.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) SINGAPORE, April 26 (Reuters) - PetroChina International
Co Ltd said it has signed a sales and purchase agreement with
Malaysia's Petronas to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The deal, signed on April 17, is the pair's first
medium-to-long-term LNG sales and purchase agreement, PetroChina
said in a statement on Tuesday without providing further deal
details.
Petronas did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
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