Company creditors of the New York-listed LNG operator are owed $6.5bn

Bulk tankers are used transport chilled LNG. Photo: Getty

Bulk tankers are used transport chilled LNG. Photo: Getty

US-based New Fortress Energy (NFE) has cited opposition from environmental campaigners over the Shannon LNG plant as one of the reasons for its financial difficulties.

Last week, a London High Court judge gave the green light for the LNG operator’s creditors, owed $6.5bn, to convene meetings to vote on two interlinked restructuring plans.