U.S. officials may lift President Joe Biden’s ban on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in a bid to get Congress to agree on an aid package for Ukraine. This was reported by Reuters He quotes sources in the White House.
According to the agency, the American leadership may agree to partially lift the pause due to the absence of any restrictions on gas exports in the near future.
Before this, officials of 16 US states contacted To the White House for permission to export LNG, primarily to Europe.
European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson in mid-March statedHe said the European Union should continue to reduce LNG purchases from Russia in 2024.
Politico also wrote: The European Union in 2022 urgently increased American LNG purchases to compensate for the interruption of supplies from Russia. Dozens of new contracts were signed and new terminals were created to receive seaborne fuel cargoes from the United States.
Previously European Union collided with falling gas exports.