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Lithuania's state-owned gas trader Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas (LDT) said on Monday it had signed a deal to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) directly from the United States for the first time and expects to receive a delivery in the second half of August. The deal is with a unit of Cheniere Energy and is part Lithuania's efforts to diversify its gas suppliers and reduce its reliance on Russia's Gazprom. LDT, part of state-owned energy group Lietuvos Energija, signed a deal last year with Koch Supply & Trading for LNG supplies throughout 2017.

Lithuania signs first deal for U.S. LNG | Reuters

GRONINGEN, The Netherlands—For decades, the giant Groningen gas field beneath the flat, green farmland in the north of this country counted among the greatest prizes for Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC. Then the earthquakes started.

How Earthquakes Are Rattling a Dutch Province Atop One of the World’s Richest Gas Troves - WSJ

At the current level of oil prices, U.S. E&P companies are on track to outspend operating cash generation by nearly $20B this year, according to Bernstein Research. No problem, right? Companies can just raise equity capital or go deeper into debt? Not so fast, says the team ... With the current level of anxiety in energy markets, raising money may not be so easy. Instead, look for asset sales and capex cuts to ease the crunch.

Shale debt to rise - Bernstein - BlackRock Energy&Resources Trust (NYSE:BGR) | Seeking Alpha

China plans to pour almost $7 billion into floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) projects in Africa, betting on a largely untested technology in the hope that energy markets will recover by the time they start production in the early 2020s. Western banks are wary due to the depressed state of the shipping and gas markets, as well as the technical difficulties of pumping gas extracted from below the ocean floor, chilling it into liquid form on a floating platform and transferring it into tankers for export.

RPT-China pumps cash into African floating LNG projects in strategic push | Reuters