Source: Financial Times, 15th March 2011

There are few subjects as delicate as the economic boon of a human tragedy, but business is business. Chevron's bosses, who were by all accounts deeply respectful in discussing the Japanese nuclear disaster's impact during a previously-scheduled strategic analyst meeting, could not help but point to their ability to fill what promises to be a large and prolonged gap in the stricken nation's power supply. For them and for the global liquefied natural gas industry, the outlook is improving after a rough patch.