US 'pause' on future liquefied gas exports throws doubt on fossil fuel's place in energy transition
2024-02-12 17:52:35
Since the first cargo of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) left a terminal on the Gulf of Mexico bound for Brazil in February 2016, US exports of the fuel have boomed. In 2023 the US was both the world's largest producer of natural gas and its largest exporter of LNG, with exports that year totaling 86 million tons.