Oil & Gas Journal: LNG Summit: Supply, Fuel Competition Pose Major Concerns in US

“How US markets will accommodate the impending flood of LNG continues to puzzle industry observers. It was a question hanging over several speakers and discussions on Apr. 28 at CWC’s LNG Summit New Orleans 2009.  In addition, speakers and panelists addressed the extent to which other fuels, especially coal, might put natural gas, and therefore LNG, at a competitive disadvantage”  Jim Briggs of Poten & Partners chaired the discussion on alternatives and was “skeptical about the reputed benefits of nuclear power, noting its huge costs not only to build but also to operate.“