China became the top importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the first half of 2023, Yaoyu Zhang, global head of LNG and new energies at PetroChina International, said at a gas industry conference in Singapore on Tuesday.
China was the top importer for all of 2021 but was surpassed last year by Japan.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Chen Aizhu and Sudarshan Varadhan; Writing by Tony Munroe; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)