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Letter from the Middle East: LNG – the weak link the Gulf crisis just exposed
The crisis in the Middle East has put LNG’s ability to offer security and flexibility under uncomfortable scrutiny
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After Europe’s rapid buildout of floating LNG import capacity, Exmar CEO Carl-Antoine Saverys says future growth in floating gas infrastructure will increasingly be driven by developing markets as lower prices, rising energy demand and the need to replace coal unlock new opportunities for unconventional and tailor-made solutions
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Gas is a central pillar of Colombia’s energy system, but declining production poses a significant challenge, and LNG will be increasingly needed as a stopgap. A recent major offshore gas discovery offers hope, but policy improvements are also required, Camilo Morales, secretary general of Naturgas, the Colombian gas association, tells Petroleum Economist 
How Hormuz chokehold threatens LNG buyers
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New Zealand embraces LNG
LNG would serve as a backup supply source as domestic gas declines and the country’s energy system comes under stress during periods of low hydropower output and high energy demand
European gas faces renewed strain after winter drawdowns
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LNG, a strategic safeguard
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A dual-coast LNG strategy
Sempra Infrastructure’s vice president for marketing and commercial development, Carlos de la Vega, outlines progress across the company’s US Gulf Coast and Mexico Pacific Coast LNG portfolio, including construction at Port Arthur LNG, continued strong performance at Cameron LNG and development of ECA LNG
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Craig Guthrie
Shanghai
2 April 2019
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Qatar hands McDermott role in LNG expansion

Qatar Petroleum's new mega-trains project is gaining momentum

Qatar Petroleum has awarded the contract for the fabrication and installation of the offshore jackets for the 32mn t/yr four train expansion project of its Ras Laffan LNG liquefaction plant to US engineering firm McDermott, its CEO Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, who is also minister of state for energy affairs, revealed today at LNG2019. The four new LNG train will increase the production capacity of the country's LNG fields from 78mn t/yr to 110mn t/yr. Al-Kaabi also revealed that it has awarded the contract for the early site works for the new trains to Athens-headquartered Middle Eastern construction firm Consolidated Contractors Company and a local contractor. "We are in the tendering phase for

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