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LNG Companies Applaud Trump’s Order Lifting Freeze on Exports

A liquefied natural gas tanker docks at Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG, an export facility that started operating last year on the coast of Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
Halle Parker
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A liquefied natural gas tanker docks at Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG, an export facility that started operating last year on the coast of Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Under President Biden, the agency had slow-walked permit decisions for almost a year while it studied the effect of natural gas exports.

Leaders of the natural gas industry in Texas and Louisiana say they are moving full-speed ahead with their plans. This follows President Donald Trump’s executive order to lift the freeze on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. In all, More than a dozen projects are proposed on the Gulf Coast.
As Halle Parker with Louisiana Public Radio’s Coastal Desk reports, the U.S. Department of Energy will start reviewing applications to send U.S. natural gas overseas as part of the Trump administration's promise to unleash American energy. The U.S. is currently the world's largest gas exporter. Under Biden, the agency had slow-walked permit decisions for almost a year while it studied the effect of natural gas exports. Last month, the energy department released the study and issued a dire warning against scaling up LNG exports. At the time, Biden officials said the U.S. was already exporting more than enough to meet global demand and said it could drive up energy prices domestically. Trump officials also extended the study's public comment period. Experts say this will allow LNG supporters to call for revisions.

Sources: Alison Kirsch, Johanna Heureaux-Torres, Sierra Club US LNG Export Tracker (LNG terminal projects); US Energy Information Administration (LNG export data); Mapbox, Open Street Map and Maxar (base map and satellite imagery)
Geoff McGhee, Sierra Club
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Sources: Alison Kirsch, Johanna Heureaux-Torres, Sierra Club US LNG Export Tracker (LNG terminal projects); US Energy Information Administration (LNG export data); Mapbox, Open Street Map and Maxar (base map and satellite imagery)

Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., applauded the President’s executive order. In a recently released statement Cassidy stated, “The war on American energy, American workers, our national security, and our allies is over! Louisiana is ready and equipped to lead the way in supplying the world with American natural gas.” On January 26, 2024, Cassidy led 25 Republican senators “in blasting the Biden Administration for pausing all pending non-FTA export permit applications.”

Originally from the Pacific Northwest, and a graduate of the University of Washington, Jeff began his on-air broadcasting career 33 years ago in the Black Hills of South Dakota as a general assignment reporter.
Halle Parker reports on the environment for WWNO's Coastal Desk. You can reach her at hparker@wwno.org.