In a late-breaking email alert MichaelWebber of Wells Fargo Securities pointed out that members of Congress areurging the Obama Administration to use natural gas as a weapon in the fight withRussia over the recent invasion of Crimea.

If the US started to export the commodityto Ukraine and other parts of Europe he noted advocates of the proposal believethe move would deal a painful blow to Moscow by reducing the region’s dependenceon Russian energy resources.