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The first cargo of U.S. shale gas has arrived in Norway, according to reports.
The gas, which origininated in the Marcellus, was shipped out of the Mariner East / Marcus Hook terminal complex in Philadelphia.
The gas was received by Ineos' petrochemical complex on the Norwegian coast.
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