The leading US liquefied natural gas industry body said it expected five export projects along the Gulf Coast to take positive final investment decisions in the next 12 months after just two were sanctioned so far in 2019 while American supplies could be directed at Europe in particular.
Global LNG and natural gas industry executives are gathered in Houston for the three-day Gastech conference and exhibition taking place from September 17-19 at the NRG Center, a convention hall in the Texan city constructed around the former Astrodome.
Jordan Cove LNG project, the liquefaction and export venture for the northwest of the US being carried forward by two merging Canadian companies, has joined the Washington DC-based industry group, the Center of Liquefied Natural Gas for support in the regulatory process.
The US Center for Liquefied Natural Gas has written to the US Energy Secretary Rick Perry and congressional leaders to urge approval of all pending LNG export permits and for an expedited regulatory process underpinned by legislation to unleash potential for creating up to 450,000 jobs by 2035.
The US Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, the trade association for LNG producers, shippers and terminal operators and developers, said the nation was now currently awash with natural gas and would have no problem meeting domestic needs as well as rising LNG exports.