Monday 10 March 2014

FACTBOX-North America natural gas export plans | Reuters #EuroMaidan

FACTBOX-North America natural gas export plans | Reuters:



"March 7 (Reuters) - Tensions in Ukraine have spurred U.S.
officials to press the government to speed up exports of
abundant U.S. natural gas to Europe as Russia moves to take
control of part of the embattled nation.



Europe gets roughly a quarter of its gas supply from Russia,
about half of which is piped through Ukraine, heightening fears
that it could cut pipeline shipments of the fuel to the European
Union at will.



The EU is reluctant to impose economic sanctions against
Russia as it moves to take control of the Crimean Peninsula,
straining relations with the West.



A U.S. Senator on Thursday introduced a bill to push the
Obama administration to speed up liquefied natural gas (LNG)
export approvals.



Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved LNG
exports from Sempra Energy's Cameron terminal in
Louisiana, the sixth of its kind since 2011."



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