As the major LNG exporting country adapts to declining domestic production, the government of Trinidad and Tobago is exploring options to import natural gas from neighboring countries in order to re-export it to the global market, and in particular, Europe.

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One of the most viable options, according to Trinidadian officials, could be tapping ample Venezuelan natural gas supplies now sanctioned by the United States and its allies.

“In the longer term, gas may be available from Guyana and Suriname, but the most immediate source of natural gas would be from neighboring Venezuela,” the Energy Chamber of Trinidad said last month. “Exporting gas from Venezuela to Trinidad by pipeline to put through the Atlantic facility for onward delivery to international markets is, however,...