• Asian spot prices dipped again this week amid weak demand from utilities. Rim Intelligence’s Northeast Asia price assessment for the first half of March fell to $14.35 per million British thermal units from $14.95 a week ago.
  • Japan imported a record 78.5 million tonnes of LNG in 2011, up 12.2% on the previous year. Ministry of Finance data show the country, which was hit by an earthquake and tsunami last March that resulted in nuclear power plant shutdowns, brought in 5.1%