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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 […]
Letter to FT Editor
“The Executive Branch Sets the Tone. It Does Not Control the Molecules.” Letter to the FT Editor, March 24, 2026 When U.S. Ambassador Andrew Puzder warned that Europe risked losing “favourable” access to USLNG if the Turnberry agreement was not ratified without modification, LNG Allies wrote to the FT to set the record straight. USLNG […]
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 […]