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Swiss traders emerge from fringe to grab US$10b slice of LNG market
Published Wed, Sep 13, 2017 · 09:50 PM
London
SWISS trading houses are muscling in on the global market for liquefied natural gas (LNG), until now the preserve of energy giants, and are expected to grab a US$10 billion share of the rapidly growing business this year.
Trafigura, Gunvor, Vitol and Glencore are all shaking up a decades-old system dominated by Western oil majors and state energy producers which sell LNG directly to large consumers on long-term contracts.
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