LNG Pulling Dollars Off US Gas Price

摘要

Although LNG still constitutes only a marginal percentage of US gas supply,it has had a palpable effect on the country's gas market this summer,propping up storage levels in the wake of diminished Canadian imports and thus taking pressure off prices.In fact,without the record volumes of LNG flowing into US terminals,the Henry Hub benchmark could well be at the 9-10 per million Btu level,traders suggest,instead of around 7(WGI May 23,p6).