DOE secretary says coronavirus unlikely to hurt energy markets in near term

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US Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette played down the effect that acoronavirus outbreak in China would have on energy markets, describingthe impact as "marginal" even as worry over a slowdown in Chinese LNGdemand compounded pressure on gas prices already at record lows.China's appetite for LNG and other commodities has slumped withquarantines and other restrictions from the country's governmentfollowing the outbreak. But the US Department of Energy sees China'sinitial efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus as successful,Brouillette said at a February 7 event at the Atlantic Council inWashington, DC.