Editorial comment

A. Blume, Editor As trends in energy production and use evolve, so too must plans for networks to produce and consume that energy. In no subsector is this more apparent than gas liquefaction and its associated infrastructure—particularly in the US. In February 2016, Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana became the first project in the US to export LNG from domestic shale gas. The terminal, inaugurated in April 2008, was originally designed to import LNG to supplement dwindling domestic gas supply. Then the shale boom hit, and the US suddenly found itself sitting atop vast reserves of shale oil and gas. In 2010, Cheniere became the first company to apply fo