By 2022, the United States will be on course to challenge Australia and Qatar for global leadership among LNG exporters, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates.
Despite the fact that the demand for gas in the United States – the world’s largest gas consumer and producer – is growing, the IEA forecasts that the US will account for 40% of the world’s extra gas production to 2022 thanks to the “remarkable growth in its domestic shale industry”.
