Gas

US LNG has so far been excluded from tit-for-tat tariff rounds between Washington and Beijing.

While EU has taken major steps to liberalize its energy market since the 1990s. Turkey has also initiated the liberalization of its energy sector.

Gas pipelines connecting Russian supply to Europe make further inroads.

Trump cited the devaluation of the Turkish lira in his Friday decision to double the steel tariffs for imports from Turkey.

Europe received about 10% of total US exports last year.

Qatar aims to boost its LNG export capacity from the current 77 million tons to 100 million tons annually by 2024.

Total signed a contract in 2017 to develop Phase II of South Pars field with an initial investment of $1 billion.

Gazprom said it hoped the European Commission would now act to eliminate the violations of free trade rules confirmed by the WTO.

The EU and US work to facilitate trade in liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Nearly 40 percent of Turkey’s electricity production is sourced with natural gas.