From ‘Binding Arbitration’ to ‘Let’s See the Emails’Shell’s long-running dispute with U.S. LNG producer Venture Global was supposed to end neatly with arbitration. An arbitration tribunal rejected Shell’s claim that Venture Global had improperly diverted LNG cargoes into lucrative spot markets instead of delivering them under long-term contracts tied to the Calcasieu Pass LNG project in Louisiana. Venture Global, for its part, insists that all required documents were produced and that Shell is simply trying to relitigate a commercial loss through the courts. Future LNG contracts may grow longer, denser, and even more lawyer-proof — if such a thing is possible. Venture Global insists it is about accepting defeat.