Moody’s has weighed in on last week’s approval of Freeport LNG’s request to export liquefied natural gas, saying it offers a clear benefit for natural gas-leveraged North American exploration and production and midstream companies.  More »

The shale gale that has put the United States on track to soon be a net exporter of natural gas also is shaking up the international market for the fossil fuel, forcing Trinidad and Tobago to adapt by selling more of its supplies to Europe and Asia.  More »

The Energy Department is poised to start making decisions on exporting more domestic natural gas within months, a top Obama administration official told Congress on Thursday, as leaders debate the contentious issue at the LNG 17 conference in Houston this week.  More »

Speaking at the LNG 17 conference Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Energy official in charge of deciding whether to allow exports of liquefied natural gas gave no indication of how the department will rule, or even when a decision may be made.  More »

Taking a page out of their Keystone XL playbook, environmentalists are urging the Obama administration to delay decisions on whether to allow more companies to export natural gas harvested inside the United States because of climate change concerns.  More »

Manufacturers terrified that rising natural gas prices threaten their bottom line are stepping up pressure on the Obama administration to limit exports of the fossil fuel in the wake of a study that said selling more overseas would broadly benefit the United States.  More »

The United States would rake in big economic benefits if it began selling more natural gas to Japan and other countries, according to a much-anticipated government study the White House said will guide decisions about whether to grant those exports.  More »

Pangea LNG Holdings is seeking to build a plant in south Texas that would liquefy natural gas and sell it overseas, joining a flurry of firms asking the government for approval to export the fossil fuel.  More »

Two of Japan’s largest utilities have signed a deal to buy liquefied natural gas from a Freeport, Texas plant over the next two decades. The move allows Freeport LNG to take advantage of Japan’s thirst for natural gas and gives U.S. producers another potential avenue for exporting the fossil fuel to Asian markets.  More »