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Japanese Official Pushes U.S. Secretary of Energy to Approve More LNG Export Applications

During a meeting in San Francisco yesterday, Seishu Makino, Japan’s senior vice minister of trade and industry, requested U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu approve more LNG export applications that are currently pending before the Department of Energy. Bloomberg provides additional...

Analysis: Global Competition and Incorrect Market Predictions Affecting LNG Market

An analysis published by the Alaska Dispatch provides an overview of the global LNG industry and concludes that despite market challenges faced by LNG importers in North America, the global LNG industry continues to...

Industry Analyst Predicts Shale Gas Could Significantly Limit Need for LNG Imports to the United States

Speaking last week in Houston, Kenneth Medlock of the James A. Baker III Institute at Rice University said that he expects shale gas production to “virtually eliminate” demand for LNG imports to the United States. Find further details in Platts Gas Daily. [Subscription...

Industry Consultant Offers Comprehensive Study of U.S. LNG Export Potential

Analysts with Pan EurAsian Enterprises, Inc., an energy industry consultancy, have released a comprehensive report entitled “LNG Exports from the United States – Wishful Thinking?” The report, available to subscribers or for online purchase, examines the potential for LNG exports from the United States and concludes that perhaps one or two LNG export projects could be...

Industry Analyst: Liquefaction Infrastructure Adds Additional Costs for U.S. LNG Exports

Jonathan Wolff, an energy analyst with ISI Group Inc., said this week that he expects the additional infrastructure necessary to enable natural gas liquefaction  and allow the U.S. to export gas as LNG could add several dollars to the U.S. natural gas price. Read more in State...

Osaka Gas Official Says Canadian LNG Exports More Likely than U.S. Proposals

Osaka Gas Co. President Hiroshi Ozaki said this week that he believes projects proposing to export Canadian shale natural gas as LNG are more likely than LNG exports from the United States. Reuters provides additional...

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