U.S. DOE Eases Restrictions for LNG Export Licensing, an Industrial Info Market Brief

The Trump administration is excluding environmental reviews that had been required under the National Environmental Policy Act from license applications for liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport facilities, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The now-defunct requirement only affected LNG shipments to countries with which the U.S. does not hold a free trade agreement, including China.

Click here for a list of active capital-spending projects at LNG facilities across the U.S., and see graph below for a breakdown by project owner.