LNG

US natural gas storage design capacity was down in 2021, primarily driven by reductions in the Pacific region of almost 12 percent as energy market changes including LNG exports signalled a greater need for capacity, especially flexible, high-deliverability storage.

The US state of California, which has always rejected large-scale LNG imports or transfers, is now the centre of a major natural gas, power and water crisis blamed on planning policies dictated over the years by environmental activists.