Pitts: US, Qatar Face off in LNG ‘Olympics’
In the LNG exporting space, the U.S. is squaring off with its fiercest competitor, Qatar, with both countries expected to outpace Australia
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International Managing Editor focused on covering areas from Africa and Asia to Europe and LatAm, especially Venezuela. Pietro previously worked at Bloomberg Venezuela and LatinPetroleum.com (LatinPetroleum eMagazine) in Caracas, among other publications. Pietro also previously worked for Energy Intelligence, Jefferies, Morgan Keegan in the U.S. as well as Banco Mercantil del Norte (Banorte) in Mexico City and Banco Santiago de Leon in Caracas. Pietro holds a finance degree from the University of Houston and speaks English and Spanish and has a good understanding of Portuguese.
In the LNG exporting space, the U.S. is squaring off with its fiercest competitor, Qatar, with both countries expected to outpace Australia
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