A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on July 1, halting the federal government’s temporary moratorium on new licenses to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement countries. The lawsuit was brought by 16 states, led by Louisiana, arguing that the Department of Energy (DOE) violated federal law by pausing licenses in January […]
The impacts of President Joe Biden’s LNG export permit freeze has reverberated across the nation’s oil/gas industry. But nowhere are its impacts felt more acutely than in southeast Texas, where as many as 24 job-generating petrochemical infrastructure projects, including several already under way, are now in limbo. The uncertainty fostered by the Biden administration’s Jan. […]
Texas and 15 other Republican-led states filed a lawsuit on Thursday to challenge the Biden administration’s pause on approving applications to export liquified natural gas (LNG). The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by 16 state attorneys general, claims that the administration’s LNG export ban is “not justified […]
The House of Representatives passed a bill on Feb. 15 that would reverse President Joe Biden’s pause on U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The tally was 224–200, with nine Democrats joining all 215 Republicans in favor of the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024, which House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik […]
The Biden administration’s pause on new LNG exports should be reversed “immediately” as it is not based on facts, Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) said during a recent hearing. In January, President Joe Biden announced a temporary pause on approving new LNG exports, and promised to take “a hard look at the impacts of LNG exports […]
The United States is on course to surpass the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2023, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg, which noted the United States and Qatar both exported 81.2 million tons of LNG last year. In a year when large economies in Europe and Asia scrambled to source […]
BERLIN—The first regular shipment of liquefied natural gas from the United States arrived in Germany on Tuesday, part of a wide-reaching effort to help the country replace energy supplies it previously received from Russia. The tanker vessel Maria Energy arrived at the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven, where its shipment of LNG will be converted […]
The United States and the European Union have struck a deal to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels, including a commitment for the United States to provide an additional 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to E.U. markets this year alone. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen […]
WASHINGTON—Rapidly expanding exports of U.S. fossil fuels, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), serve as leverage in trade negotiations with China, Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on March 11. “It’s part of the mix, it may not be the driver, but it’s always hanging out there as part of the matrix,” Perry said in an interview […]
Qatar’s state-owned petroleum company is planning a significant increase in natural gas production, its chief executive said on Tuesday, July 4. Qatar Petroleum (QP) plans to boost gas production at its giant North Field, which it shares with Iran, by 20 percent after new gas development, said Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, president and CEO of Qatar […]
