China, the world’s top gas importer, took an unseasonably-high 10.62mn tons (around 14.2bcm, 16.7bn cfd) for September, freshly-released official stats show.

This is the second highest figure this year and the third highest ever behind 11.23mn t for December 2020 and 10.93mn tons for January 2021. (CONTINUED - 262 WORDS)