Malaysian LNG Export
Summary
The key company in the Malaysian LNG industry is Petronas (short for Petroliam Nasional Berhad).
Malaysia is currently the number five LNG exporter - significantly behind the United States, Qatar and Australia and slightly behind Russia. The average monthly LNG production at Malaysian LNG plants is about 2 million tons and varies greatly from month to month.
Key shipper of Malaysian LNG is Malaysian International Shipping Corporation.
The structure of importers of Malaysian LNG is dominated by Japan, China and South Korea - export directions are determined by the geographical position of Malaysia in the center of the Asian market.
LNG Plants
The largest and until recently the only LNG plant in Malaysia, Petronas LNG, is located on the island of Borneo (aka Kalimantan) in Sarawak State near the city of Bintulu. Currently, it consists of 9 lines with different shareholder structures. The key shareholder is the state oil and gas company Petronas. This plant is one of the five largest plants in the world.
LNG is also produced and shipped from two floating LNG plants operating on the resource of offshore fields in Sarawak - PFLNG Satu and PFLNG Duo. The names of these floating LNG plants are translated from Malay as the first and the second.
LNG Loadings
The table “Monthly LNG loadings volumes at Malaysian LNG plants“ provides statistics on the loading of gas carriers at Malaysian LNG plants with aggregation for calendar months. The data is available from October 2022. 01.MM.YYYY means shipments for the entire calendar month starting on that day. Shipments for the current month are indicated by cumulative total from the first day of the month to the current date. The delay in receiving data is up to one day. The data is updated automatically.
The table “Details of LNG loadings in Malaysia during last 30 days“ provides the data on loading of gas carriers at gas-liquefying plants in Malaysia during last 30 days and is updated automatically.
Shippers
The graph “Carriers of Malaysian LNG" shows statistics on the volume of LNG shipments from Malaysian ports grouped by shipping management companies. The data is given for the last 365 days and is updated automatically.
Key shipper of Malaysian LNG is Malaysian International Shipping Corporation. Remaining volumes are moved by Asian and US traders and integrated oil&gas companies.
Export destinations
The table “Destination countries of Malaysian LNG Export" provides statistics on importing countries of Malaysian LNG with aggregation by calendar months. The date of gas carrier loading is used, the data on importing country is available upon discharge. The data has been provided since 01.09.2022 and is updated automatically. Data for the current month is shown as a cumulative total.
The export directions are determined by the geographical position of Malaysia in the center of the Asian market. Japan, China and South Korea dominate the structure of importers of Malaysian LNG.
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