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American LNG exports are surging, on the back of European demand [video]

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Probably why the Nordstream pipelines were blown up in a hurry.

That was the Russians.

For what reason? The Russians could always just not send gas.

It’s the US, Poland, Norway, Ukraine and arguably the UK that would benefit.

No it wasn't. The Russians had by far the most to gain, it was an egotistical decision by Putin to blow it and show "he means business"

Yes, what other way could he have done it other than shooting his own foot off? LOL.

There are multiple possible reasons for Putin doing it:

Show any opposition in his ranks that reverting to old relations with Europe won't be possible, so either go with the program or lose it all.

Show Europe what could happen to other critical infrastructure if they continue to support Ukraine. The attack on German rail communication shortly after could be related to this.

Try to sow distrust between Europe and the U.S. as a hail marry attempt.

We don't know what kind of back-channel communication is going on, so this one may be a mystery for some time.

There are also reasons for Putin's Russian opponents to have done it.

We still don't know, and may never.

And recently NG price dropped negative in Europe.

Just a month ago people here were carrying on about how dumb it was for Germany to have shut down a few nukes, and how they were all going to freeze in the dark.

One may reasonably doubt they will announce how ashamed they are of having been so tendentiously wrong, or that they will be any more careful in the future.

It is still dumb as negative price is only for spot prices and EU is not buying for spot prices but for deals negotiated with a gas price in advance, usually for years to follow.

Germans are not, in fact, freezing in the dark.

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