After the massive influx of US liquefied natural gas to make up for lower pipeline supplies from Russia amid high demand, Europe is running out of processing capacity for the gas, Reuters has reported.
Europe turned into the biggest market for US liquefied natural gas over the past three months as concern about the geopolitical tensions around Ukraine prompted the EU to seek alternatives for Russian gas in case Moscow turned the taps off, even though Moscow has repeatedly said that it has no such plans.
Because of the increase in LNG shipments to Europe, the United States also overtook Qatar to become the world’s largest exporter of the commodity earlier this year. In January, Europe took in over 16 billion cubic meters of American liquefied natural gas, and this month’s shipments are also expected to remain elevated, with more than 6 billion cubic meters shipped since the start of February.