More than two dozen liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers were near U.S. Gulf Coast export terminals on Monday, either loading or waiting to load, according to data from Refinitiv Eikon and consultancy Kpler. European demand for U.S. LNG climbed last year due to local production declines, lack of pipeline supply and cold weather. Sanctions on companies and banks in major gas producer Russia following its invasion of Ukraine appear to be spurring fresh demand. read more As many as 28 ships were near U.S. Gulf Coast ports on Monday as the United States approached its full LNG export capacity, analysts said. The two previous daily tanker peaks were on Feb. 10 and Nov. 11 at between 27 and 28 vessels. There were seven LNG tankers within a 20-mile (32-km) radius of the port of Freeport and another six within a similar radius of Corpus […]