Earlier this year British Gas owner Centrica struck a £10bn deal to export LNG from the US, welcomed by David Cameron, the Prime Minister, who claimed that "future gas supplies from the US" would help provide British consumers with a new "affordable" source of fuel. Former energy secretary Chris Huhne last month urged the UK government to pressure the US to allow more exports, which he claimed would "gradually equalise the gas price in the US with the rest of the world" and help reduce UK prices.