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White House’s LNG Pause: Political Strategy or Climate Action?
White House Cites Climate in Pause on New Liquified Natural Gas Export Terminals (ABC News) Stephanie Ebbs, Kelly Livingston (Jan. 26): The Biden administration’s decision to pause applications for new USLNG export terminals has sparked a political debate. API President and CEO Mike Sommers criticized the decision, calling it a “win for Russia” and a […]
USLNG Pause following COP28
US LNG Export Approval Pause Sends ‘Devastating Signal’ (Gasworld) Dominic Ellis (Jan. 26): President Biden’s decision to halt approvals for new USLNG export facilities has been labeled ‘devastating’ for international relations and the industry. This move, following COP28’s commitment to transition away from fossil fuels, aims to scrutinize the impacts of USLNG exports on energy […]
Sen. Manchin on USLNG Pause
Manchin Promises to Uncover Facts on LNG Pause (U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia) Sen. Joe Manchin (Jan. 26): Sen. Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, pledged to uncover the facts behind the Administration’s pause on new export permits for USLNG sent to non-free trade agreement countries. He […]
Study: USLNG Exports and Prices
R. Dean Foreman—formerly API’s Chief Economist—prepared a statistically valid framework to examine the impact of USLNG exports on Henry Hub prices. Foreman conducted an exhaustive correlation analysis and the constructed a holistic, fundamentals-drive framework that accurately forecasts U.S. natural gas prices. The key finding is that, with exception of brief periods, USLNG net exports have […]
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 […]
Russia’s Methane Emissions
Report: Methane Emissions from the Fossil Fuel Industries of the Russian Federation (CGEP) Dr. Robert L. Kleinberg, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy: As one of the world’s largest oil and gas producers and one of the largest emitters of methane, Russia is central to methane-mitigation. However, Russia’s […]
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 […]
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 […]