DAVID BLACKMON: Why The 10-Year Anniversary Of US LNG Is Worth Celebrating

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It is impossible to overstate the importance of the chart at this link, a friend posted on X this week.

The chart in question is the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s graph on U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) gross exports from 2015 to 2027.  It starts at a big fat zero in 2015, creeps up to about 2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfd) by 2017, then skyrockets: 4 Bcfd in 2018, 6 in 2019, 8 in 2020, 10 in 2021, 12 in 2022, 14 in 2023, 16 in 2024, 18 in 2025, and it’s forecasted to hit 20 Bcfd by 2027. That’s not just a line on a page; it’s a testament to American ingenuity, shale revolution grit, and the ineffectiveness of those who tried to stop it.

I’m old enough to remember – heck, I wrote about it in real time – when several European countries, led by the ever-enlightened France, were scrambling for legal ways to ban imports of American LNG back in 2016. Why? Because most of the gas came from that supposedly dirty word: fracking. (RELATED: Embattled California Republican Leads Charge To Counter China’s Critical Mineral Supremacy)

But the world changes — fast-forward a decade, and those same nations are guzzling U.S. LNG like it’s fine Bordeaux,........

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