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U.S. senators call for slowdown of LNG export approvals

By LNG World News A number of United States senators recently sent a letter to the U.S. secretary of energy, Ernest Moniz, requesting the Department of Energy (DOE) to slow its approval of large volumes of liquefied natural gas exports. The letter signatories requested the DOE to slow down its approval process “until more terminals…

U.S.-EU Energy Council discusses energy security, LNG

By LNG World News The United States-European Union Energy Council met on Wednesday in Washington discussing energy security in Europe and the United States. Among topics discussed by delegations was third-party access to gas transmission and storage facilities, access to LNG, as well as energy efficiency measures, that will be critical to meeting the EU’s…

Energy Secretary Moniz: U.S. to be major LNG export player

By LNG World News Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said he expects U.S. to be one of the major export players in the global liquefied natural gas market. “The U.S. Department of Energy has approved the export of over 120 billion cubic meters of LNG per year. To give you a scale, that is one-third of…