Wood Mackenzie: “Raft” of Planned LNG Projects Won’t Get Built

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postponedGlobal research firm Wood Mackenzie recently published a brief analysis of LNG export facilities asking the question, Where are all the LNG project postponements? According to Wood researchers, the outlook for global LNG demand is looking increasingly subdued--particularly in China. The number of LNG projects proposed to make a Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2015 and 2016 has not reduced significantly. If all or close to all of the projects on the books make a FID to move forward, there would be an unsustainable glut of new LNG supplies--without a corresponding amount of demand around the globe. Wood Mackenzie's conclusion? Companies will soon wake up to the fact that there won't be enough demand and we will see "a raft of project postponements" in the next 6-18 months...

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