The average amount of gas flowing to the eight big US LNG export plants rose to 16.2 bcfd so far in August, up from 15.5 bcfd in July. That compares with a record monthly high of 16 bcfd in April.     

The US became the world’s biggest LNG supplier in 2023, surpassing Australia and Qatar, as surging global prices fed demand for more exports, due in part to supply disruptions and sanctions linked to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Gas was trading around $11 per mmBtu at the Dutch Title Transfer Facility benchmark in Europe and $12 at the Japan Korea Marker benchmark in Asia.  

(Reporting by Scott DiSavino in New York; Editing by Andrea Ricci)  Â