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. […]
LNG Comments to DOE
LNG Allies Comments on the DOE LNG Study May 2025 The USLNG Association filed detailed comments in March 2025 challenging the DOE’s Dec. 2024 LNG Export Study on multiple fronts. Drawing on independent analysis from the OIES, Berkeley Research Group (BRG), and economist R. Dean Foreman, Ph.D., the comments argue that DOE’s core scenario relies […]
Woodside Energy Acquires Tellurian
USLNG Developer Tellurian Acquired for $1.2 billion (Reuters) Curtis Williams, Ayushman Ojha (July 22): Australia’s Woodside Energy has agreed to buy USLNG developer Tellurian, including the Driftwood LNG export project, for $1.2 billion. The deal includes a $900 million cash purchase of outstanding Tellurian common stock at $1 per share. Driftwood is located in Lake […]
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 […]
Biden Administration Got It Wrong on LNG Pause
What the Biden Administration Got Wrong on Its LNG Pause (RealClearEnergy) Lucian Pugliaresi, Tatsuya Terazawa (July 10): The Biden administration’s pause on new LNG export approvals, intended for environmental reassessment, faces strong criticism for potentially undermining U.S. energy security and international relationships. Despite a recent court order, the DOE can continue delaying LNG export licenses […]