TCP International supports the Hanseatic Institute for Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (HIE-RO), Rostock, Germany, in the framework of the Interreg seed money project "Liquified (bio)gas as a driving force for development and use of green energy technology" in a pre-study on potentials of LNG usage in the Southern Baltic Dea Region. The overall objective of this study is the identification of usage potentials of LNG, of existing barriers and of benefeits, accruing through the use of LNG. In detail, the study examines the current state of LNG technologies (LNG production, storage, transport and usage), supply chains, LNG economics, environmental and health risks, legal regulations and the political context.