LNG

The White House is supporting the Alaska LNG tax reform, with a volumetric tax on feedgas flows meant to reduce early-stage fiscal burdens for the long-delayed $44 billion LNG export project. Financial close on Phase 1 is envisaged later this year.

A flurry of LNG regas terminals has sprung up in China, mostly used for importing spot cargoes, but analysts see a trend towards medium-term contracts as "buyers need to sign new LNG contracts for delivery in the early 2020s, if not sooner."