Gazprom, the Russian natural gas company and LNG industry player, has had its credit rating raised because it's so close to the government it would be likely to receive extraordinary state support in case of distress.
Excelerate Energy, the US market leader in using specially adapted LNG carriers as import terminals, has chosen RWE, Germany's second-largest power company, to market the LNG Excelerate plans to import into the UK from January.