Asia's projects were meant to usher in the next wave of LNG demand, based off economic growth and electricity demand projections in the pre-COVID 19 era.

LNG developers have started relooking at their strategies and capex plans for 2020.

Nigeria LNG took a major step forward by signing the EPC contract for its Train 7

The new China's project for receiving imported liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Shell announced that all conditions for its Final Investment Decision (FID) on a new LNG processing unit at Nigeria LNG (NLNG) have now been met.

India has been the world’s fourth-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) since 2011

Russia has prioritised the development of LNG for export and the project may help the country reach its goal of producing 120 to 130 million tonnes of LNG a year in the next decade and raise its share in the global LNG market to up to 20% from around 6% in 2018, based on government data.

LNG output jumped by the largest increment ever, 40.9mn t, and grew by the fastest annual rate since 2010, 13pc.

Jiangsu is China’s biggest provincial gas market with consumption growing by 6.3pc in 2019 to 28.7bn m³

"Due to the low LNG prices in 2019, and into 2020 amid a global LNG supply surplus and uncertainties in the trade environment, some of the proposed projects are seeing slower progress towards FID," the report said. "With the additional effect of COVID-19 on stock markets, many companies, including those in the energy industry, are struggling financially, further delaying progress of projects."