(Reuters) – The U.S. shale gas boom should be used to rein in Russian influence on American allies in Europe and on Ukraine, a key senator said on Tuesday, as lawmakers weighed changes to export policy to take into account a shifting geopolitical landscape. European worries about the security of...

Liquefied natural gas from the United States could reach Lithuania by late 2015, when the US is scheduled to begin gas exports, said US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah McCarthy. Currently, US companies must seek government permits to export gas to Lithuania and other countries that do not have free trade...

GAIL (India), on Monday, announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. of Japan (Chubu) to explore possibilities for collaboration in the area of joint LNG procurement. The MoU was signed during the ongoing Gastech conference being held at Seoul in South...

It is not surprising for a nation seen exploring the option to diversify its energy mix to include liquefied natural gas. Earlier, Japan and Korea, and now China, diversified their energy portfolio to include LNG for environmental reasons. Pakistan, however, does not face similar environmental drivers, as domestic natural gas...