LNG

US natural gas exports, comprising LNG shipments from Louisiana and Maryland have surged in the first half of 2018, while US pipeline supplies to Mexico rose by just 4 percent and exports to Canada were offset by a jump in imports from the northern neighbour during the winter cold snap.

The Canadian province of British Columbia still holds out hope of developing a liquefied natural gas industry while welcoming plans by pipeline company TransCanada to ship its gas to cities like Toronto and to compete in the US for now instead of shipping LNG cargoes to Shanghai and Tokyo.