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Thanks for (More than) the Memories
“A partnership that is working well should not retire, should not end… you can simply upgrade it.” — Ditte Juul Jørgensen, EU Director General Energy, Pittsburgh, Penn., 27 Feb. 2026. A Tribute by Fred H. Hutchison, President & CEO, LNG Allies Today a true friend of USLNG, Ditte Juul Jørgensen, becomes Director General for Trade […]
Guith: Build it Now
Build the Global LNG System Now, Not After the Next Crisis Christopher Guith | Real Clear Energy | 21 May 2026 Guith argues that the Hormuz disruption, which chokes more than 20% of traded LNG, proves energy security is global and that the answer is redundancy, not retreat. His three tracks: keep expanding U.S. export […]
Transatlantic Bridge Awards 2026
At the EU Ambassador’s Residence: The 2026 Transatlantic Bridge Awards On the evening of May 13, LNG Allies President Fred Hutchison attended the 2026 Transatlantic Bridge Awards ceremony at the residence of the EU Ambassador to the United States. It was a personal occasion as much as a professional one. Fred was among the four […]
NYT: Qatar LNG Crisis
Qatar’s LNG Crisis — And Why It Matters for Europe New York Times, May 14, 2026 A deeply reported piece in today’s NYT lays out the scale of the damage to Qatar’s LNG infrastructure in stark terms. The short version: even if the Strait of Hormuz reopened tomorrow, Qatari LNG exports would remain impaired for […]
Norwegian Gas Decline
Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University | SIPA LinkedIn, May 13, 2026 Norway’s approval of three gas field restarts—Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk, and Tommeliten Gamma—made headlines this week. Anne-Sophie Corbeau of Columbia’s Center on Global Energy Policy offers a useful reality check: at 90-120 million barrels of oil equivalent in gas and condensates, […]
New EU Energy Phase
Yana Popkostova, Founder & Managing Director, European Centre for Energy and Geopolitical Analysis Europe’s energy system has entered a new phase, defined less by access to supply and more by the ability to operate under sustained stress. Writing ahead of SuperReturn Energy Transition in Berlin, Yana Popkostova argues that energy security has reasserted itself as […]
U.S. Chargé Savage Remarks
Chargé d’Affaires Caroline Savage, U.S. Embassy Budapest Keynote Remarks, 7th Budapest LNG Summit, May 7, 2026 American energy leadership is back, and Europe is the primary beneficiary. U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Caroline Savage outlined four principles underpinning America’s LNG policy toward Europe: reliability (stable democracy, rule of law, long-term commitments); diversification (USLNG gives Europe leverage and […]
Budapest LNG Summit 2026
Europe Needs to Rethink Its Energy Mix 7th Budapest LNG Summit CEE Energy News, May 7, 2026 More than 100 companies from 24 nations gathered in Budapest last week for the 7th annual Budapest LNG Summit, and the message was urgent: Europe is not on track to meet its 90% gas storage targets this summer, […]
A Cautious Note
Natural Gas Keynote Address: 23rd Annual ERRA Conference Price and Non-Price Regulation in the Gas Sector Fred H. Hutchison, 27 April 2026 Mr. Daraselia, Mr. Petrov, distinguished panelists, colleagues… thank you. I want to use this time well, because the subject is more urgent than the conference program may suggest… And while I am aware […]
The “Dependency” Myth
“Europe Has Not Traded One Dependency for Another.” Written Statement for the Record, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, Feb. 4, 2026 The claim that European reliance on USLNG represents a new “dependency” comparable to pre-2022 Russian pipeline gas is either a fundamental misunderstanding of energy markets or deliberate […]