Insight - Could more LNG supplies get to Europe in the event of a crisis?

Alternative energy: Workers board an LNG tanker berthed at a power station in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. LNG is sold worldwide to companies operating in countries generally looking to diversify energy sources away from coal. — Bloomberg

THE United States, the world’s top natural gas producer, is in talks with major energy-producing countries and companies over a potential diversion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe if Russia invades Ukraine, senior Biden administration officials said on Tuesday.

There is not enough LNG to substitute for a large disruption in supply from Russia, the primary exporter to Europe via pipeline.