As Trinidad LNG output grows, cargoes flow far afield

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) production in Trinidad, a top 10 global exporter, is recovering thanks to a new field start up, but competition from U.S. shale is forcing sellers of its output to go much further afield.Trinidad built LNG facilities during a second wave of the industry's expansion in the 1990s with the goal of supplying North and Latin America.Trinidad's 15 million tonne-a-year (mmta) Atlantic facility, which liquefies natural gas for export and in which BPand Royal Dutch Shellare ma