If You Build It, Will They Come? The Competitiveness of US LNG in Overseas Markets
Article from: OGEL 4 (2017), in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Introduction
The explosion of US shale has brought expectations of great change for US LNG trade, increasing the volume of flexible cargoes available to markets traditionally dominated by long-term contracts between buyers and sellers. However, new supplies from the United States, combined with new production from Australia and elsewhere, have set the LNG market up for a glut that threatens to depress prices. In a new report by the Center on Global Energy Policy, the authors assess the factors influencing the competitiveness of US LNG around the globe, whether capacity will be curtailed in ...