China Returns to Buy Winter Gas Supply in Risk to Global Balance

  • State-owned Unipec released a tender to purchase LNG shipments
  • China’s absence from spot market allowed fuel to go elsewhere
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China is looking to stock up on liquefied natural gas for winter, returning to the spot market in a move that risks reducing supply to other importers.

Unipec, the trading arm of Sinopec, released a tenderBloomberg Terminal to purchase more than a dozen shipments for this winter, in addition to deliveries through the end of 2024, according to traders with knowledge of the matter.