Australia overtook Qatar as the world's largest exporter of LNG for the first time in November, data from Refinitiv Eikon showed on Dec. 10.

In November, Australia shipped out 6.7936 million tonnes of LNG while Qatar exported 6.2025 million tonnes, the data showed.

Australia's LNG exports jumped by over 15% from the previous month, while Qatar's exports slipped by 3%, falling for the first time at this time of the year since 2014.