International LNG Sales into North America
Article from: OGEL 1 (2006), in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Introduction
No secret exists as to the enormous expectations for the role of foreign-sourced LNG in satisfying the energy requirements of North America, and the United States in particular, over the next several decades. Indeed, with declining domestic natural gas production [1] and a ballooning consumption profile [2], foreign-sourced LNG will emerge as less a luxury and more a necessity in very short order [3]. The sheer number of LNG regasification facilities now either under construction or on drawing boards in the United States and Mexico [4] provides ample evidence of the high hopes ...