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 […]
Joint Trades on EUMR
Joint Industry Statement: Reducing Methane Emissions While Ensuring EU Energy Security 14 Associations including LNG Allies, Dec. 12, 2025 On the eve of the Dec. 15 EU Energy Council meeting, 14 major industry associations spanning the Atlantic issued a joint statement calling on the European Commission to include the EUMR in the EU Simplification Omnibus. […]
EU-U.S. Trade Agreement
LNG Allies to President Trump and President von der Leyen: The Historic U.S.-EU Trade Agreement July 31, 2025 The $750 billion U.S.-EU energy commitment at Turnberry drew immediate criticism from analysts who called the numbers unrealistic. LNG Allies disagreed—and said so directly to both presidents. The agreement is far more than a commodity trade deal. […]
Pause Overturn Celebrated
Energy Advocates Celebrate LNG Export Pause Overturn (DC Journal) Taylor Millard (July 12): Judge James D. Cain Jr. recently halted President Biden’s temporary pause on new USLNG licenses. Cain ruled that the actions were outside the scope of presidential authority and rooted in politics. Looking back, why did Biden hit the pause button on LNG […]
LNG Pause Overturned – Good News for NATO
NATO Partners Anticipate USLNG Supplies To Europe (Forbes) Ariel Cohen (July 09): The Biden administration’s pause on USLNG export permits was ended after 16 states successfully sued, arguing that the export restrictions were unconstitutional. This decision relieved European and East Asian allies, who were torn between the necessity to decouple from Russian energy and the […]
It’s Not Too Late to Reverse Course
February 26, 2024 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: Today, The USLNG Association (operating globally as “LNG Allies”), joined the American Petroleum Institute and five other associations in a request to the Department of Energy (DOE) petitioning […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]