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Climate Change
January 19, 2023

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 […]

Energy Security
January 17, 2023

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 […]

European Union
January 13, 2023

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 […]

Energy Security
January 11, 2023

2023 Could be Daunting for Europe

Warm Winter in Europe Eases Restocking Concerns, but 2023 Still Looks Daunting (NGI) Jacob Dick (Jan. 11): As Europe experiences one of the warmest winters on record, Kpler’s Eleni Papadopoulou says that a severe supply crunch and rationing are becoming “somewhat subdued” thanks to “ample regional gas and LNG.” If China’s LNG demand growth is […]

Thunder Said Energy
January 3, 2023

Enough Gas for Transition?

Energy Transition: Is There Enough Gas? (Thunder Said Energy) Jan. 03: Global gas production needs to double to 800bcfd in our roadmap to net zero, to complement a vast ascent of wind/solar and a nuclear renaissance. But is there enough gas? Today’s model estimates what this kind of ramp-up might look like in reserves/production terms. […]

Biden Administration
March 25, 2022

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 […]

Germany
March 12, 2022

More USLNG for Europe

Fuel-Starved Europe Offers Push Needed for U.S. Gas Projects Sergio Chapa, Bloomberg (March 12): The threat of supply disruptions in Europe along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s comments that Germany would move quickly to build two LNG terminals, could help spur financing and approval decisions for USLNG developers. Fred Hutchison of LNG Allies: “Germany’s decision […]

China
March 8, 2022

Closer Energy & Climate Cooperation

Lia Zhu, China Daily (March 08): Energy industry experts in the United States have felt encouraged by instances of closer cooperation between the United States and China in recent years and are calling for further collaboration to address climate change issues. Fred Hutchison of LNG Allies, a nonprofit organization backing the USLNG industry, said LNG […]

Energy Security
March 1, 2022

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 […]

Energy Security
February 25, 2022

Joint Letter to President

Joint Letter to President Biden on Energy Security February 25, 2022 The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: In light of this week’s invasion of Ukraine by Russia and its implications for domestic and global energy security, our organizations are writing to offer support and urge you […]