The Financial Post reports in its Friday edition that the head of Royal Dutch Shell has dropped a hint that his company is keen to invest in liquefied natural gas projects -- a tantalizing prospect for Canadian gas producers desperate to access rapidly changing global energy markets. The Post's Geoffrey Morgan writes that Shell chief executive officer Ben van Beurden did not specifically mention the company's LNG Canada project in Kitimat, B.C., when he addressed a room of oil and gas executives on Wednesday, but indicated the company is looking to finalize new investments. "This is not a bad time to start thinking about investing again," Mr. van Beurden said. Fellow LNG player Pembina Pipeline has indicated it will make a decision on building its Jordan Cove, Ore., export project -- which will source supply from U.S. Rockies and British Columbia -- by the end of the year. Canadian natural gas producers are increasingly desperate to see an LNG project built as pipeline bottlenecks. Meanwhile, Enbridge will expand its T-South pipeline from Northern B.C. to the Vancouver area, to help clear the backlog, Enbridge chief executive officer Al Monaco said this week. He says the project will be in service by 2020.