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Shell CEO seen focusing on LNG as key part of growth strategy

Shell Plc will update its strategy on Tuesday, just a month after rival bp Plc unveiled a fundamental “reset.”

Shell CEO Wael Sawan is in the final stages of a two-year effort to shake up Shell by cutting costs, improving reliability and shedding under-performing units. Analysts and investors will be looking for plans for growth at the company’s crucial liquefied natural gas business and reassurance on oil reserves.

U.S. LNG’s Kingmaker Status Has an Expiration Date

Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, the United States was the world’s largest importer of energy, guzzling down foreign oil and gas like a frat boy at a kegger. But the script has since flipped. Thanks to the shale revolution and a penchant for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the U.S. has transformed from energy junkie to pusher, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) as its hottest commodity.

US DOE Eases LNG Bunkering Restrictions

“The DOE erred in concluding that a ship-to-ship transfer of LNG from a bunkering vessel to another ship, regardless of where the transfer occurs, includes elements of both shipment from the United States and ‘subsequent entry into commerce at the destination, where the destination is a foreign country’”, JAX argued in the request, according to a recent DOE order granting rehearing.