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I must admit I stopped reading after the first paragraph but it's just so exaggerated or simply false, that I don't see the value in spending more time on such an article.

Shell, Europe’s largest energy company, forecast on Wednesday that global demand for liquefied natural gas, which has been a lifeline for Europe after Russia cut off pipeline gas supplies, will surge by around 50 percent over the next 15 years.

• LNG is not a lifeline. A pipeline could be labelled like that, but LNG is a globally traded good supplied by dozens of countries.
• Russia did not cut off natural gas supplies, they even supply now throughout their illegal war, towards countries that support Ukraine.
• 50% increase over 15 years is not a 'surge', but more a slow and steady increase.

Shell knows that by pretending gas will be needed in the future, governments will support gas infrastructure, which turns it into a self for filling prophecy.

Anyway looking at the report, it seems rather odd to me. Gas demand in the EU is supposed to be stable, besides massive built up in renewable generation and even more importantly record heat pump sales, with laws phasing out gas boilers in multiple countries. Most EU countries already phased out coal electricity production and I doubt that will grow any day soon.

China is not going to be dependent on the US and Australia for LNG. They are not that dumb.

Japan and South Korea have falling populations so energy demand will shrink. Japan is restarting its nuclear power plants, which should reduce coal consumption a lot and lead to lower gas consumption.