*Strong global LNG demand and prices have boosted US LNG exports to record levels, with the country’s gas output within touching distance of end-2019 records.

*Gas deliveries to LNG plants averaged a record 11.1bn cfd for March. The previous record of 9.8bn cfd was set last December. And current deliveries are higher still – the figure was 11.6bn cfd for each of the last two weeks of March and 11.7bn cfd for the week ending 7 April. (CONTINUED - 274 WORDS)