This practical title has been updated and features contributions from leading oil and gas companies, consultancies and law firms by writers who are specialists in their fields.?The content spans the latest developments in traditional LNG matters such as structuring projects, sale and purchase agreements and shipping, as well as emerging business such as LNG from coal seam gas and shale and the forced reopening of contract terms.?Together, the contributors provide a rare guide to the legal, regulatory, political and practical elements of today's LNG business.

Foreword LNG shipping Upstream challenges facing joint venture participants LNG regulation Principles of price reviews and hardship clauses in long-term gas contracts Shale gas for LNG Structuring LNG projects: evolution or revolution in the LNG supply value chain? Floating LNG LNG sale and purchase agreements Obligations and failures to deliver or take under long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements Price reviews in practice LNG trading LNG master sale and purchase agreements LNG - a minefield for disputes? Portfolio LNG - the new normal (sort of) New markets for LNG Financing LNG projects Financing US LNG projects Export credit agencies US LNG and the global market