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32mn tonnes on LNG compared with 30mn [tonnes] last year," he said.
Russia has no customers for about 90bn cubic metres of pipeline gas.
The Energy Ministry said that Russia’s gas export went down by 30.7% in 2022 to 170.6bn cubic metres. Gas production in the country fell by 11.7% last year to 673.8bn cubic metres. That said, the ministry expects gas production to continue decreasing this year due to the fact that European consumers are abandoning the Russian gas and it is hardly possible to redirect gas flows immediately.
9.1.1b Oil sector news
China's independent refineries expect the next round of crude oil import quota to be allocated by June 16 as the current availability could cover less than 45-day inflows, when they even have to use the allowance to bring in bitumen blend.
As the allocation has been approved by the Ministry of Commerce but not released yet, sources with knowledge about the matter said the volume is sufficient for refineries to carry on feedstock imports, but analysts and refiners have mixed views on the additional quotas to be allocated in rest of the year, which may restrict refiner's import plans.
In January-May, the 29 quota holders S&P Global Commodity Insight followed, including three integrated mega refineries, lifted their crude imports by 25.6% year on year to 74.18 million mt in 2023, leaving 24.6 million mt for May
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