“I would argue that some might be delayed relative to the timeline as it is presented,” Constanza Jacazio, senior gas expert with the IEA’s gas, coal and power division said discussing the IEA’s outlook for gas over the next during the World Gas Conference in Paris.

While Jacazio was quick to point out that the IEA does not model the future of specific LNG projects, the assumption in the report casts a shadow on a number of Africa LNG export projects including projects in both West and East Africa that were due online between 2017 and 2019.