US Edges Out Australia and Qatar as World’s Biggest LNG Exporter

Back on Jan. 3, we brought you the news (from Reuters) that the U.S. became the #1 exporter of LNG in the world in 2023 (see U.S. Became #1 LNG Exporter in the World in 2023). It only took the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) another three months, but the agency, which employs an army of number-crunchers, now agrees. U.S. LNG exports in 2023 averaged 11.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) — a 12% increase (1.3 Bcf/d) compared with 2022, according to data from EIA's Natural Gas Monthly report. LNG exports from Australia and Qatar — the world’s two other largest LNG exporters — each ranged from 10.1 Bcf/d to 10.5 Bcf/d annually between 2020 and 2023.

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