Last year, a French energy trader walked away from a U.S. natural gas
deal under pressure from the French government, which was concerned
about the U.S. gas industry’s environmental record. This year, that same
company secretly completed an LNG deal with a Texas company. POLITICO’s
Ben Lefebvre explains why this deal was so hush-hush. 

 

Annie Snider covers water issues for POLITICO Pro and is the host of
POLITICO Energy. 

Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the interim executive producer of POLITICO’s audio
department.