Toutefois, le retard pris dans le développement des pipelines et des capacités portuaires, et de façon plus générale des infrastructures énergétiques, freine la croissance du secteur, en tout cas à court terme.

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However, a backlog of investments in pipeline and port capacity and more generally in energy infrastructure has put a limit on growth in the sector, at least in the short term.