Chinese imports of LNG from the U.S. plunged by 95% between February and April. Most U.S. LNG spot cargoes were headed to Europe at the beginning of 2022. Russia could become too dependent on China for its gas sales. As European LNG buyers are snapping up cargoes from the United States in a race to replace Russian pipeline deliveries, America has become a major supplier to Europe, and its sales to China have dwindled to just a few cargoes shipped so far this year. Chinese imports of LNG from the U.S. plunged by 95% between February and April compared to the same period in 2021. Meanwhile, Chinese imports of LNG from Russia jumped by 50%, according to Chinese customs data cited by The Wall Street Journal . That’s a major shift in U.S. LNG shipments to China. The United States was the largest supplier of spot LNG volumes to […]