liquified natural gas (LNG) News

Biden’s LNG-Export Study Presents ‘Speed Bump’ for Trump

The Biden administration released a key study Tuesday that is likely to complicate President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to quickly approve more exports of liquefied natural gas. The study, which analyzed the economic, environmental and other costs of such shipments, found …

Biden Rushing Study That Threatens to Slow Trump’s LNG Plans

The Biden administration is racing to complete a study that could complicate President-Elect Donald Trump’s plan to immediately approve new liquefied natural gas export terminals, according to people familiar with the matter. The study, underway since January, examines the climate, …

Chevron CEO Attacks Biden LNG Export Pause on Costs, Carbon

The oil and gas industry is zeroing in on the Biden administration’s moratorium on new liquefied natural gas export permits as the key policy they want changed under the next US president. Chevron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth called …

Biden’s LNG-Permit Halt Challenged by 16 States in Lawsuit

Texas, Louisiana and more than a dozen other US states challenged the Biden administration’s suspension of new licenses to export natural gas via ocean-going tankers. A lawsuit filed against President Joe Biden and the US Department of Energy in Louisiana …

U.S. Regulators Seek More Info on Texas Freeport LNG Plant Before Restart

U.S. federal regulators have told Freeport LNG to provide information needed for the planned restart of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Texas, the second-largest U.S. LNG export plant, as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for …

No injuries After Explosion at Texas LNG Facility

No injuries were reported Wednesday after what police initially described as an explosion at a liquefied natural gas terminal in Southeast Texas. Freeport LNG reported that “an incident” occurred around 11:40 a.m. at its facility in Quintana along the Texas …