DoE Greenlights More LNG Exports

The Department of Energy has given Cheniere Energy the green light to export more liquefied natural gas from its facilities in Texas and Louisiana "to every country entirely in Europe." "The world needs every molecule it can get," the AP quoted American Petroleum Institute vice president for natural gas markets as saying.

Europe is urgently seeking to reduce its dependence on Russian gas amid the war in Ukraine, and U.S. liquefied natural gas is one readily available alternative, at least for the time being. U.S. LNG producers are already exporting…