China’s natural gas imports, including piped gas and LNG, jumped 17.4% on the year over January-February, up from a growth of 2.8% a year earlier, driven by higher-than-expected domestic consumption amid the most severe winter weather in decades. China imported a total of 20.8 million mt, or 28.68 Bcm, of natural gas in the first two months of 2021, compared with 17.7 million mt, or 24.43 Bcm, in the same period last year, preliminary General Administration of Customs data released March 7 showed. GAC did not release monthly data for January and February. China had seen robust growth in natural gas demand since November 2020, and there was even a shortage […]