"Where we are focusing at the moment, as we move to having US exports as a very significant part of our portfolio, is making sure that we have the infrastructure in place to source the gas that we need," BG chief executive Chris Finlayson said on the sidelines of the IHS CeraWeek conference in Houston.

Such midstream buildout and contracting is complicated, despite the maturity of the US gas market, he said.

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