The rise of LNG: Saviour or stranded asset?

In:

Oil & gas, Renewables

Region:

Asia-Pacific

Ralph Ivey

Reporter

Europe’s energy crisis has provoked a scramble for LNG. In order to meet demand, investment towards specialist carriers and import terminals has ballooned. But can the possibility of adapting LNG tech for renewable power remedy long-term concerns around stranded fossil fuel assets?

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