Editorial Comment

A. Blume, Editor The $26-B small-scale LNG market is gaining exciting traction this year. The first small-scale LNG facility in the US commenced operations in May in Jacksonville, Florida (see News section of this issue for more information), small-scale LNG shipments are ramping up from Canada to China, and several companies have banded together to study small-scale FLNG offshore Australia (also see News). However, the small- and mid-scale LNG sectors have until recently been limited by a lack of adequate and suitable bunkering infrastructure. New solutions, such as modular, floating LNG transfer systems, are expanding the ability to load and offload smaller volumes of LNG at ports not se