An oil tanker, right, cruises past a new liquefied natural gas tanker at the Cheniere terminal in Cameron Parish, La., May 20, 2008. By 2017, the facility built by Houston-based Cheniere Energy could handle an amount equal to roughly a sixth of the gas that flows from Russia to Europe, part of a new surge of LNG supplies coming not only from the U.S., but also Australia, Africa and the Middle East. (Michael Stravato/The New York Times)