U.S. Department of Energy Finalizes Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Study

On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management released its Response to Comments on the 2024 LNG Export Study: Energy, Economic and Environmental Assessment of United States LNG Exports. Key findings outlined in the study include: the United States has a robust natural gas supply chain sufficient to meet growing levels of exports while minimizing impacts to domestic prices; growing LNG exports increases domestic products and expands jobs; and increasing United States LNG exports enhances domestic and international security with no discernible impact on global greenhouse gas emissions. DOE plans to utilize the study to inform its public interest review, and final decisions, of certain applications to export LNG to countries that the United States does not have free trade agreements with.