by Bob Tippee, EditorThe romance between Dubai and natural gas gained intensity last year when the go-go emirate became the Persian Gulf's second importer of LNG.Even before it became a glitzy tourist destination with a construction boom that hit heavy weather in the financial collapse of 2007-08, Dubai had outsize gas needs. In an early diversification move, the government built one of the world's largest aluminum smelters, which began operation in January 1980. The complex craves electricity, most fueled by gas.Now, says a report by Siamak Adibi of FACTS Global Energy, the emirate meets its gas demand of about 1.5 bscfd with pipeline imports from Qater, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah. It's also...