*Thailand is continuing to see Covid-19 depress oil demand and imports (MEES, 30 July). But this is not the case for LNG with the southeast Asian country importing a quarterly record 2.08mn tons in Q2, almost 450,000 tons higher than the previous record set a year earlier (see table and chart). The 1H 2021 total of 3.18mn tons was also a record half-year figure, putting 2021 on track to break the record annual figure of 5.61mn tons set last year (MEES, 29 January).