* Pakistan seeks 6 cargoes for December delivery -sources
* India's Reliance and IOC buy Nov cargoes
* Cargoes offered from Australia and Angola
By Jessica Jaganathan
SINGAPORE, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices rose to their highest level since mid-January on spot demand from Japan, Pakistan and India, industry sources said.
The average LNG price for November delivery into northeast Asia LNG-AS was estimated at about $5.20 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), up 30 cents from the previous week, the sources said.
Japan's Inpex Corp 1605.T offered a cargo for loading over Oct. 19 to 23 from the Ichthys LNG plant in Australia in a tender that closes on Oct. 2, while Angola LNG offered a cargo for Nov. 15 to 20 loading in a tender that closes on Oct. 8, two sources said.
Pakistan LNG issued a tender to buy 6 cargoes for delivery in December, while Japan's Hokkaido Electric 9509.T is seeking a cargo for delivery over late November to early December in a tender that closes on Friday, they said.
In India, Reliance Industries Ltd RELI.NS likely awarded its buy tender for a cargo to be delivered in November at about $5.05 to $5.15 per mmBtu while Indian Oil Corp IOC.NS likely bought a Nov. 6 cargo at about $5.05 per mmBtu, the sources added.
Angola LNG's tender offered an early November cargo was awarded at about $5 to $5.10 per mmBtu for delivery to Middle East or India region while Papua New Guinea may have sold a Nov. 6 loading cargo at close to $5.20 on a delivered basis, they said.
Earlier this week, Turkey's Botas likely bought a cargo for October delivery, one of the sources said, though details could not immediately be confirmed.
Also providing support, Chinese gas distributor ENN Energy Holdings 2688.HK is seeking eight cargoes for delivery over 2021 to 2022, in a tender that closes next week. Corp CVX.N is planning to shut production units progressively at its export plants in Western Australia for maintenance over 2021 to 2022, according to a notice on the energy company's website.