Deliveries from Chevron Corp.’s two operated Australian LNG export facilities, both through spot sales and contracts, helped propel third quarter profits, and executives are considering ways to expand exports from the Atlantic Basin and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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During the quarterly conference call on Friday, CEO Mike Wirth said the international upstream results benefited from “record” liquefied natural gas cargoes, primarily those from the Gorgon and Wheatstone projects in Australia.

“We’re very happy to see that it was a time when the world needed the energy,” Wirth said of the sales. A lot of the supply was under long-term contract, “but that included cargoes in the spot market, which we know were at high prices.”

Natural gas production increased year/year...