Government Energy Analysts Project US LNG Exports Could Double in Next 5 Years

U.S. producers exported a record-high 111 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2025, cementing the nation’s status as the world’s largest natural gas supplier with rising demand—especially from Europe—prompting the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) to project that the nation’s LNG exports could double by 2031. Only a decade ago, the U.S. was a net natural gas importer with only one large-scale liquefaction plant and export terminal at Sabine Pass, Louisiana. In fact, when the tanker Asia Vision left the port on Feb. 24, 2016, with 3.3 billion cubic feet of LNG, it was the first time since 1959 that U.S. natural gas left its shores, “marking the beginning of a new era in U.S. LNG exports,” EIA analysts write....