As of December 17, 2024, the US Department of Energy (DOE) released an updated study of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. [1] The study came about because the DOE was given responsibility by Congress via the Natural Gas Act to evaluate the public interest of proposed exports to countries with which the US does not have a Free Trade Agreement. The study will have a 60-day comment period set to begin once published in the Federal Register. The public may submit comments to inform how DOE may apply the study’s findings to its public interest analysis of export applications going forward. In addition to the study release, US Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm released a Secretarial Statement outlining departmental leadership’s perspective on the final version of the study. Given the fact that the US is the largest exporter of LNG in the world and will remain the top exporter by 2030, DOE leadership recognized the need for a comprehensive update to ensure the most updated analysis possible of the market, national security, economic, and environmental considerations of different potential volumes of US LNG exports.
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