“Everything up in the air”: LNG, the Strait of Hormuz, and Central & Eastern Europe’s energy future
"LNG shipments to Central & Eastern Europe are reliable as long as those gas markets are not overly dependent upon one supplier."
Cold weather and outages at second-largest exporter Freeport LNG cut U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports last month below the December record, LSEG ship tracking data showed.
"LNG shipments to Central & Eastern Europe are reliable as long as those gas markets are not overly dependent upon one supplier."
La Unión Europea se comprometió a comprar u$s 250.000 millones anuales en energía estadounidense. En 2024 compró u$s80.000 millones y fue menor en 2025. Analistas de Kpler, Argus y Columbia University coinciden en que la meta es físicamente irrealizable
Almost 90 percent of the LNG that transited the Strait of Hormuz in 2025 was destined for Asian countries.
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