Sunday, August 9, 2020

"US LNG Exports Set to Rise for First Time in 6 Months"

Via Asharq Al-Awsat, August 3:
US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports are on track to rise in August for the first month in six, rallying US gas prices by over 15% to a three-month high, according to analysts, energy traders and data from Refinitiv.

So far this year, LNG buyers around the world have canceled more than 100 US cargoes as prices for the fuel collapsed to record lows in Europe and Asia as demand collapsed due to the coronavirus.

Even before the pandemic spread, global gas prices were already trading at their lowest levels in years after a record number of LNG export terminals entered service in 2019, flooding the global market with fuel, at the same time winters in Europe and Asia were warmer than normal, forcing utilities to keep record amounts of gas in storage....
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