Editorial Comment

Global gas is facing a demand hit from the coronavirus pandemic and a structural oversupply in the LNG market following the startups of new LNG export projects in Australia and the U.S. At present, 2020 is looking to be a rough year for LNG projects seeking FIDs, particularly those projects with final decisions delayed from 2019—which was itself a record year for LNG FIDs. However, strategists have warned that balking at too many prospective LNG projects will undermine supply/demand fundamentals in the next decade. The crisis surrounding the pandemic could serve as more of a balancing mechanism for LNG supply rather than a bottleneck—over the medium-term, at least. After the 2020s, however,