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Impact of USLNG Pause Defined
With Many Unknowns, LNG Pause Could Set Back U.S. Projects By Several Years (NGI) Jacob Dick (July 01): The DOE’s pause on non-FTA agreement permits for new USLNG projects has created uncertainty for at least 17 proposed projects. This includes seven advanced facilities in the United States and Mexico, representing a combined 9.3 bcfd in […]
New U.S. Sanctions on Russian LNG
U.S. Targets Future Russian LNG in New Sanctions (High North News) Malte Humpert (June 13): The United States has expanded its sanctions against Russia to include Arctic LNG 1, 2, and 3, Murmansk LNG, Obsky LNG, the Zvezda shipyard, specific LNG tankers, and more. According to CGEP’s Tatiana Mitrova (on LinkedIn), “These sanctions encompass all […]
LNG Allies Joins Rehearing Request
The American Petroleum Institute (API) today filed an application for rehearing on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) indefinite pause on new and pending liquefied natural gas (LNG) permit approvals for non-FTA countries. In the legal filing submitted to DOE, API argued the pause is unlawful, violating both the Natural Gas Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, […]
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 […]
Position on DOE’s Pause
Position Statement: “The Pause that Depresses” On Jan. 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it would halt review of USLNG export applications that have already received siting and construction licenses from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)[1] while DOE updates the economic and environmental analyses that “underpin” its decision-making.[2] The USLNG […]
Legal Case Against LNG Pause
Red States Build Legal Case Against LNG Pause (E&E News) Pamela King, Carlos Anchondo, and Brian Dabbs (Feb. 7): 23 Republican-led states are preparing legal claims against President Biden’s pause on USLNG export permits. They argue that the pause threatens billions in capital expenditures and tens of thousands of jobs. The states accuse the administration […]
Amb. Emanuel on USLNG
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, at the Western States and Tribal Nations Summit Dec. 12, 2022: As the United States ambassador to Japan, I can tell you that the United States is “all in” with Japan as we co-invest in each other’s country and help each other strengthen our energy supply lines. That’s why […]
PPI: Gas Key Part of Transition
Democratic Group Urges Increased U.S. Gas Production, Doubling LNG Exports, and Continuing to Reduce Methane Leaks. Paul Bledsoe of the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) argues in The Climate Case for Expanding U.S. Natural Gas Exports that the United States can help become a clean energy superpower by leveraging both green innovations and exports of low-emitting U.S.-made […]
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 […]