The long and winding road to reach a FID on a U.S. LNG project is paved with near-Herculean obstacles to move even a mile. Just ask NextDecade’s Chairman and CEO Matt Schatzman who has led the Houston-based company since 2018. ...

Let’s say you’re the UK’s largest oil and gas producer recording 208 MBOED in global volumes of which 90% is from the North Sea. Last year you posted $2.4 billion in profits. But along came a new windfall tax and, suddenly, that $2.4 billion in profits just became $8 million. ...