Over the past few years liquefied natural gas been one of the fastest-growing cargoes owing to the increasing interest in liquefied natural gas as a greener alternative to other fossil fuels. Interest in liquefied natural gas heightened in 2011 as the fallout from the disaster in Japan highlighted the risk of a great reliance on nuclear power over the long term. New and expanding liquefied natural gas-receiving terminals (for example, in the United Kingdom, the United States China, and Thailand) are being set up, and a total of five new liquefaction projects started operation between 2010 and 2011, including those in Qatar, Peru and Norway. Overall, the outlook for liquefied natural gas is positive and is supported by growing demand from Asia, including a projected growth in demand from traditionally large liquefied natural gas exporters such as Indonesia and Malaysia.