AUSTRALIA'S LNG TRADE EXPANDED TO SOUTH KOREA

Australia's liquefied natural gas export operations continue to take on luster. The massive Northwest Shelf LNG export project will supply a spot cargo of LNG to South Korea in December, the first time South Korea will obtain Australian LNG. Participants in the Australian LNG project recently approved plans for another Northwest Shelf oil and gas field development, including plans for a liquid petroleum gas export program (OGJ, Oct. 11, p. 31).