Crabtree on USLNG Exports

Excerpts from DOE Assistant Secretary Brad Crabtree’s Remarks at the EPRINC/IEEJ Workshop: “Global LNG, Energy Security, and the Transition.”

Dec. 15, 2022: “We have seen over the past year the crucial role that LNG plays in the global economy… Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has disrupted energy markets in ways we have not seen in half a century and threatened to reverse economic recovery from the pandemic and to destabilize governments around the world. And in this perilous global context, U.S. natural gas has made a real difference. Nowhere is that more evident than the geostrategic role our LNG exports have played in helping our allies, including Japan and our other partners in Asia, to meet their near-term energy needs.

“Energy security has risen to the top of the agenda, and one of our major responsibilities at this moment is to ensure that we sustain progress in meeting our long-term climate obligations while tackling our urgent near-term energy security challenges… A lot is going on at DOE concerning natural gas and the transition toward a net-zero world. One could argue that history is being made in terms of energy security, climate, and the central role LNG will play in the 21st century… In my official visits to European and African countries in recent months, LNG exports and our U.S. commitment to maintain and increase supply have been a focal point of discussions with my foreign counterparts.” Link to Crabtree’s Remarks

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Brad Crabtree is the Assistant Secretary for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), where he leads and directs FECM’s research and development programs and oversees the Office of Petroleum Reserves.