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Biden Administration
March 25, 2022

EU-US LNG Agreement

LNG Allies Statement on EU-US Energy Security Agreement President Biden and European Commission President von der Leyden outlined a bold EU-US agreement today to bolster European Energy Security, largely by increasing U.S. LNG trade. The agreement’s central concept—a joint EU-U.S. Task Force on Energy Security—is a direct response to the proposal put forward by LNG […]

Germany
March 12, 2022

More USLNG for Europe

Fuel-Starved Europe Offers Push Needed for U.S. Gas Projects Sergio Chapa, Bloomberg (March 12): The threat of supply disruptions in Europe along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s comments that Germany would move quickly to build two LNG terminals, could help spur financing and approval decisions for USLNG developers. Fred Hutchison of LNG Allies: “Germany’s decision […]

China
March 8, 2022

Closer Energy & Climate Cooperation

Lia Zhu, China Daily (March 08): Energy industry experts in the United States have felt encouraged by instances of closer cooperation between the United States and China in recent years and are calling for further collaboration to address climate change issues. Fred Hutchison of LNG Allies, a nonprofit organization backing the USLNG industry, said LNG […]

Energy Security
March 1, 2022

U.S. Chamber on Energy Policy

Record High Russian Oil Imports Show Need for Smarter Domestic Energy Policy By Marty Durbin, Senior Vice President, Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce In 2021, the United States imported 245 million barrels of crude oil and related petroleum products from Russia. This equates to nearly 672,000 barrels per day—an all-time record and a 79% increase […]

Energy Security
February 25, 2022

Joint Letter to President

Joint Letter to President Biden on Energy Security February 25, 2022 The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: In light of this week’s invasion of Ukraine by Russia and its implications for domestic and global energy security, our organizations are writing to offer support and urge you […]

Methane
April 16, 2021

Major Announcements on Methane

EQT and Chesapeake: Major Announcements on Methane Gerson Freitas Jr. (April 18): EQT, which pumps more gas than any other U.S. driller, is supporting Congressional resolutions condemning last year’s rollback of Obama-era limits on methane emissions from new oil and gas wells… Hours earlier, EQT announced “its commitment to seek independent certification of a majority […]

Flaring
April 12, 2021

Flaring Drops Sharply

Associated Gas Flaring Drops Significantly (S&P Global Platts) J. Robinson and Taylor Cavey (April 12): Over the past 16 months, flared volumes from U.S. associated gas basins have fallen by over 60%, led primarily by activity in just two basins the Permian and the Bakken. In the Permian, flaring declined to a multiyear low in […]

FERC
April 2, 2021

FERC Water Rule Final

Final Water Quality Certification Rule Published Dianne R. Phillips, Holland & Knight (April 02): On March 29, FERC published its Final Rule regarding Waiver of the Water Quality Certification Requirements of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The Final Rule amends FERC’s regulations to categorically establish a one-year time period for a state- or […]

Orphaned and Abandoned
April 1, 2021

Plugging Old Wells

Oil Industry Mum on Biden Jobs Pitch Josh Siegel and Abby Smith, Wash. Examiner (April 01): The oil and gas industry does not sound gung-ho about a provision of Biden’s green infrastructure plan to invest $16 billion to employ “hundreds of thousands” of fossil fuel workers to plug leaking wells. API did not directly comment […]

India
April 1, 2021

Indian Minister on Net Zero

Calls 2050 Net Zero Targets ‘Pie in the Sky’ Matt McGrath, BBC (April 01): Indian Minister Raj Kumar Singh during the IEA/COP26 Net Zero Summit: “2060 sounds good, but it is just that, it sounds good… I would call it, and I’m sorry to say this, but it is just a pie in the sky.” […]