The rise in idle primary refining capacity in May was planned mostly due to extension by 34 days of the maintenance period for the CDU-6 unit at Rosneft's Ufa refinery, Refinitiv data showed.
The offline capacity for April has been revised down by 2.5%from the previous plan to 3.37 million tonnes.
Indonesia's $1.56 billion trade surplus in March came in slightly below the $1.64 billion predicted in the Reuters poll. The surplus narrowed from $2.01 billion in February.
At least one LNG cargo bound for Mexico's Altamira port was setting sail on Wednesday from the Freeport terminal in Texas. Mexico also regularly imports US natural gas from other states, including California, and LNG from other countries.
China imported nearly 6.4 million tonnes of LNG in November, its highest monthly volumes since December 2019, Refinitiv Eikon data showed, with this month's volumes expected to surpass that of November, according to trade sources.