Recent rising fuel prices have supported a rise of resource nationalism in the Americas and Africa, indirectly fostering a greater interest in diversified sources of energy such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) and renewables. Enticed by escalating global oil prices and aiming to fortify domestic wealth and prosperity, producing nation leaders are increasingly inclined to expropriate the assets of and/or redefine commercial terms with foreign oil and gas companies operating on their soil. Such appropriation of producer rents often results in the weakening of productive capacity by discouraging investment.
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