Billionaire Funders Behind LNG Pause
How the Rockefellers and Billionaire Donors Pressured Biden on LNG Exports (WSJ) Benoît Morenne, Andrew Restuccia (Feb. 08): Four years ago, charities controlled by the Rockefellers, Michael Bloomberg, etc. began to identify and fund Gulf Coast activists that were campaigning against USLNG export projects. The activists subsequently buttonholed White House and federal officials around the […]
Debt Ceiling Bill and NEPA
President Biden and Speaker McCarthy reached an agreement over the Memorial Day Weekend to raise the federal debt ceiling and address other matters. One element of the deal is the Builder Act which makes numerous, positive changes to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. LNG Allies, The USLNG Association, applauds all of those involved […]
Study: USLNG Exports and Prices
R. Dean Foreman—formerly API’s Chief Economist—prepared a statistically valid framework to examine the impact of USLNG exports on Henry Hub prices. Foreman conducted an exhaustive correlation analysis and the constructed a holistic, fundamentals-drive framework that accurately forecasts U.S. natural gas prices. The key finding is that, with exception of brief periods, USLNG net exports have […]
Amb. Emanuel on USLNG
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, at the Western States and Tribal Nations Summit Dec. 12, 2022: As the United States ambassador to Japan, I can tell you that the United States is “all in” with Japan as we co-invest in each other’s country and help each other strengthen our energy supply lines. That’s why […]
Russia’s Methane Emissions
Report: Methane Emissions from the Fossil Fuel Industries of the Russian Federation (CGEP) Dr. Robert L. Kleinberg, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy: As one of the world’s largest oil and gas producers and one of the largest emitters of methane, Russia is central to methane-mitigation. However, Russia’s […]
PPI: Gas Key Part of Transition
Democratic Group Urges Increased U.S. Gas Production, Doubling LNG Exports, and Continuing to Reduce Methane Leaks. Paul Bledsoe of the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) argues in The Climate Case for Expanding U.S. Natural Gas Exports that the United States can help become a clean energy superpower by leveraging both green innovations and exports of low-emitting U.S.-made […]
CSIS: USLNG – Remapping Energy Security
New Electronic Report from CSIS Underscores the Growing Importance of USLNG for European Energy Security Leslie Palti-Guzman & Joseph Majkut, have authored a report for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (a Washington-based think tank), which shows how recent events—particularly Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine—have altered Europe’s Energy Security situation. The electronic report uses […]
EU Energy Actions
On Dec. 19, 2022, EU energy ministers reached agreement on a temporary natural gas price cap to shield their economies from high energy prices. At that meeting, they also adopted a regulation on coordination of natural gas purchases (the EU Energy Platform) and price benchmarks. They also approved an approach on energy sector methane emission […]
2023 Could be Daunting for Europe
Warm Winter in Europe Eases Restocking Concerns, but 2023 Still Looks Daunting (NGI) Jacob Dick (Jan. 11): As Europe experiences one of the warmest winters on record, Kpler’s Eleni Papadopoulou says that a severe supply crunch and rationing are becoming “somewhat subdued” thanks to “ample regional gas and LNG.” If China’s LNG demand growth is […]
Enough Gas for Transition?
Energy Transition: Is There Enough Gas? (Thunder Said Energy) Jan. 03: Global gas production needs to double to 800bcfd in our roadmap to net zero, to complement a vast ascent of wind/solar and a nuclear renaissance. But is there enough gas? Today’s model estimates what this kind of ramp-up might look like in reserves/production terms. […]