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Trump’s Executive Orders brighten US LNG industry outlook
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Report summary
As promised when a candidate, President Trump, on his first day in office, signed a barrage of Executive Orders that changed US policies across many aspects of American life. The energy sector, will be greatly impacted. Relating to LNG, Trump gave significant orders, including directing the Security of Energy to restart reviews of applications for approvals of LNG export projects as expeditiously as possible.
Table of contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
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Permitting and Legislation
- Working through the permit backlog at DOE
- Increased FERC Scrutiny
- Increasing litigation risk
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Project Impact
- Contracting activity to rebound
- FIDs to resume in the second half of the year
- Project cost increases translate to higher fees
- Orders could provide momentum to previously unfancied Alaska LNG and Delfin FLNG projects
- Conclusions
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- LNG projects under review for non-FTA approval
- Non-FTA approved pre-FID LNG projects
- US LNG contract ACQ by buyer type (since January 2021)
- Capital costs of US LNG Projects
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