VOL. XLIII

No. 19

8-May-2000

GAS

The Commercialization Of LNG Markets

by Michael D. Tusiani

The following is the text of the speech by Michael D. Tusiani, Chairman and CEO, Poten and Partners, at the "Ship Finance Forum" sponsored by the Institute for International Research, and held in New York City on 11 April.

The traditional long-term LNG business is booming. Five new projects and an expansion of an existing one have come on stream during the last four years. Global LNG trade has almost doubled...