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Trials of a Small Hydrocarbon Rich Country / Haydn I. Furlonge, Head LNG and Investment Analysis, The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd, International Energy, IAEE blog, 18/06/2011http://blog.iaee.org/?p=2230Coping with recent global events have shaken even the most  industrialized and technologically advanced economies.  The implications  for the energy industry has been a mixed bag.  High oil and liquid fuel  prices, heighted differential between US and European gas prices (owing  in part to the shale gas phenomenon in the US and oil-linked prices in  Europe), and sustained high LNG prices in the Far East (fallout of  Japan’s earthquake) are critical factors.  Reduced investments in  exploration and production in traditional territories, redirected  investments in relatively new regions, business acquisition especially  in gas trading, are but some of the upheavals taking place...