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Trump issued the executive order, which was widely expected, just hours after officially taking over his second four-year term as the president.
The move is part of a series of new energy actions as part of the order named “unleashing American energy.”
According to the order, the energy secretary is directed to restart reviews of applications for approvals of LNG projects as “expeditiously as possible, consistent with applicable law.”
“In assessing the “public interest” to be advanced by any particular application, the secretary of energy shall consider the economic and employment impacts to the United States and the impact to the security of allies and partners that would result from granting the application,” the order said.
The Trump administration will also prioritize the development of Alaska’s LNG potential, including the permitting of all necessary pipeline and export infrastructure, the White House said in a separate statement.
US energy firm Glenfarne recently signed a deal with state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation to develop the latter’s giant Alaska LNG export project.
LNG projects
The Biden administration said in January 2024 it will pause pending decisions on exports of LNG to non-FTA countries until DOE can update the underlying analyses for authorizations.
Last month, the DOE released its study on the economic and climate impacts of exporting increasing volumes of LNG from the US.
The lifting of the new moratorium will benefit several US LNG export projects.
These include Kimmeridge’s Commonwealth LNG project in Cameron, Louisiana, and Venture Global LNG’s CP2 project in Louisiana.
Moreover, the projects include Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass Stage 5 expansion project and Energy Transfer’s Lake Charles LNG export terminal.
Sempra Infrastructure, a unit of Sempra, is also working to secure DOE’s non-FTA export approval for the second phase of its Port Arthur LNG export project in Texas.