U.S. liquefied natural gas producer NextDecade said on Thursday it had signed a 20-year deal to supply Japan's biggest power generator JERA with 2 million tonnes per annum of LNG from its Rio Grande project's fifth liquefaction facility. Shares of NextDecade were up 5.5 per cent at $8.11 in early trading. The United States is the world's largest exporter of LNG, shipping 11.9 billion cubic feet per day of the supercooled fuel in 2024, and has gained further momentum following President Donald