Biden DOE Slow-Walks LNG Export Approvals to Non-FTA Countries

President Joe Biden has, on many occasions, stated that the U.S. would step up LNG exports to help our European friends (see Biden Promises More, and Cleaner, U.S. LNG for Europe). Yet the actions of his administration run counter to his words. In order to build more LNG export plants to send more LNG to Europe, what first needs to happen are signed contracts that will guarantee revenue for said LNG plants. In order to get signed contracts, the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) must approve trade agreements with European countries, especially those without an existing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. Yet the DOE is, according to those who want to build the new LNG plants, "slow walking" approvals for new LNG contracts with non-FTA countries.

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