LNG Allies Joins Rehearing Request
The American Petroleum Institute (API) today filed an application for rehearing on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) indefinite pause on new and pending liquefied natural gas (LNG) permit approvals for non-FTA countries. In the legal filing submitted to DOE, API argued the pause is unlawful, violating both the Natural Gas Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, […]
It’s Not Too Late to Reverse Course
February 26, 2024 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: Today, The USLNG Association (operating globally as “LNG Allies”), joined the American Petroleum Institute and five other associations in a request to the Department of Energy (DOE) petitioning […]
No Impact on Domestic Prices
U.S. LNG Exports Have Not Had any Sustained and Significant Direct Impact on U.S. Natural Gas Prices. The USLNG Association, operating under the global brand name “LNG Allies,” released an updated economic analysis today which finds—once again—that U.S. LNG exports “have not had any sustained and significant direct impact on U.S. natural gas prices.” The […]
Position on DOE’s Pause
Position Statement: “The Pause that Depresses” On Jan. 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it would halt review of USLNG export applications that have already received siting and construction licenses from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)[1] while DOE updates the economic and environmental analyses that “underpin” its decision-making.[2] The USLNG […]
Debt Ceiling Bill and NEPA
President Biden and Speaker McCarthy reached an agreement over the Memorial Day Weekend to raise the federal debt ceiling and address other matters. One element of the deal is the Builder Act which makes numerous, positive changes to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. LNG Allies, The USLNG Association, applauds all of those involved […]
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 […]