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Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports

Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports

Full Title: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports
Author(s): U.S. Department of Energy
Publisher(s): U.S. Department of Energy
Publication Date: December 14, 2024
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Description (excerpt):

This multi-volume study of U.S. LNG exports serves to provide an updated understanding of the potential effects of U.S. LNG exports on the domestic economy, U.S. households and consumers; communities that live near locations where natural gas is produced or exported; domestic and international energy security, including effects on U.S. trading partners; and the environment and climate. Prior to this study, Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) most recent economic and environmental analyses of U.S. LNG exports were published in 2018 and 2019, respectively.

At that time, U.S. LNG exports were just getting underway and our export capacity was 4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), less than one-third of what it is today. Since then, our world and the global natural gas sector have changed significantly: the U.S. has become the top global exporter of LNG; Russia has invaded Ukraine and used energy as a weapon to undermine European and
global security; the impacts and costs of extreme weather and natural disasters fueled by climate change have increased dramatically; and the pace of the energy transition and technological innovation has itself accelerated.

These developments and others factor into a global energy system that is changing rapidly. The pace of change creates inherent uncertainty in projecting the potential pathways for U.S. LNG through 2050.

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