North American liquefaction terminals currently being built may see reduced construction activity for an indefinite period due to health officials’ recommendation to avoid assembling large groups of people to guard against further spread of the coronavirus. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Limiting the size of work crews would lengthen construction schedules and could delay startup of projects. Before the respiratory illness that was first observed in China in December became a global pandemic, affecting trade flows and commercial efforts, the LNG industry was already under pressure from low international prices and weaker-than-expected demand in key end-user markets. In a sign of what may be to come elsewhere, Shell-backed LNG Canada, which began construction in late 2018 of the up to $31 […]