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EUMR Issue Update – OIES Paper
OIES | Maria Olczak | June 2026 How Is the EU Methane Emissions Regulation Implemented in Practice? The EU Methane Emissions Regulation (MER), in force since August 2024, establishes a framework for monitoring, reporting, and verification of methane emissions from fossil fuel imports, with a methane intensity standard for imports phasing in by 2030. While […]
Building Long-Term Relationships
LNG Allies Dinner Keynote | 09 June 2026 Building Long-Term USLNG Supply Relationships in Europe By Fred H. Hutchison At the end of the first day of the GEF, LNG Allies and the Atlantic Council organized a dinner in the LNG Allies event center in Washington. Fred Hutchison delivered the opening keynote, saying: Europe enters […]
Slaying the Dependency Dragon
On the eve of their Global Energy Forum, the Atlantic Council’s Energy Source published my op-ed pushing back on the Kremlin’s narrative that by turning to USLNG, “Europe has simply traded one energy dependency for another.” (Yes, there is proof that this argument originated from Moscow in 2022!) Russia’s argument, I wrote, collapses under scrutiny. Nyet!! Europe has not […]
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 […]
EUMR Issue Update
Reuters | 28 May 2026 EU Plans Three-Year Waiver on Methane Penalties Kate Abnett reports: The European Commission drafted a recommendation asking member states to waive penalties for oil and gas companies that breach the EU Methane Regulation in 2027, 2028, and 2029, except for “large-scale fraudulent breaches.” The waiver would apply to existing contracts […]
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 […]
Flame: EUMR Implementation
EU Methane Regulation: From Compliance Problem to Compliance Solution Panel Discussion | Flame Conference, Amsterdam | 20 May 2026 Moderated by Axel Scheuer (Energy & Climate Policy Advisory Europe), the panel featured Bertold T.L. Plugboer (Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate, Netherlands), Davide Rubini (Vitol), Georges Tijbosch (MiQ), and Sven Doruiter (Dutch Emissions Authority, NEa). […]
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, […]