Three ways the LNG market could crack before winter

ON JUNE 28TH the Hlaitan, a supertanker laden with liquefied natural gas, set off for France from Freeport, Texas. Almost immediately it changed course. TotalEnergies, its charterer, had received a better offer from Asia. According to Kpler, a data firm, the Hlaitan is due at its new destination on August 1st.

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