North America US LNG exports set for endurance test as high gas prices bite — Reuters US plans nuclear-powered merchant fleet to challenge China's shipbuilding dominance — Financial Times (Subscription) Exxon, Lyondell among suitors for Shell's US chemical assets, could fetch $8 billion — Reuters
Aug 20–21 2026 · 27 markers = 20 signals Chokepoints & Transit Disruption Hormuz Transits in Single Digits — Seven commodity ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Aug 20, down from about 14 a day earlier, with no LNG tankers among them, per Kpler data. Read This: Reuters Iran War Energy
North America India's Welspun Corp wins record $1.8 billion pipe supply order; shares jump — Reuters Manitoba premier says Port of Churchill expansion could cost $80B and include offshore LNG terminal — CBC SpaceX Is Hiring in Natural Gas Trading for Energy Needs — Bloomberg