EnergyPacific coast terminals seen as safer supply alternative after Strait of Hormuz blockagesA TotalEnergies tanker is loaded with liquefied natural gas at a new Mexican export facility bound for Asia. (Photo courtesy of ECA LNG)SHOTARO TANIJuly 9, 2026 05:00 JSTTOKYO -- French energy company TotalEnergies has shipped the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from a new Mexican export facility to Asia, as the region looks for supply routes free of chokepoints following the energy disruptions of the Iran war.