U.S. attempts to export natural gas into Europe’s energy market are facing stiff resistance from the region’s dominant player: Russia. A tanker is scheduled to arrive in Lithuania next week carrying the first shipment of U.S. liquefied natural gas to a former Soviet republic. It follows a handful of other shipments of U.S. gas to Europe and comes in the wake of widespread predictions that American exports would help break Russia’s...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 19, 2017 11:00 UTC