Beijing — Let the gushing begin. After an executive from US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Cheniere Energy spoke to a few hundred people at a conference in Beijing last week, the first question from the audience turned out to be an invitation to visit one of China’s biggest energy firms and a main LNG buyer, the state-owned giant known as Sinopec. "We are very happy to always come to your office, Mr Chen Bo, and discuss the supply of US LNG to China," Andrew Walker said in front of an amused audience, responding to the chief of Sinopec’s trading arm. The exchange highlighted a budding relationship between US gas sellers and Chinese buyers after an agreement struck in May by the Trump administration and President Xi Jinping’s government welcomed the Asian country’s investments and purchases of US gas. "The trade deal paves the way for Chinese support into US LNG in both existing and potential future projects," said Kerry Anne Shanks, a Singapore-based analyst at Wood Mackenzie....
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