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Touting natural gas as a bridge fuel to help address global climate change, a study released by the Western States and Tribal Nations Natural Gas Initiative (WSTN) states that replacing coal-fired generation in several Asian countries with liquefied natural gas from Rocky Mountain states could reduce net life cycle emissions by 42 to 55 percent, which some groups dispute.
Jason Sandel, the chairman of WSTN, said Rocky Mountain natural gas is a “viable fuel for a fuel switch which will have a positive impact for emissions across the globe.”
This would be done by transporting the natural gas to a facility in the Baja California region of Mexico where it would be liquefied prior to transport to Asian countries.
The US natural gas industry is facing new urgency to keep its exported LNG cargoes attractive to consumer nations aspiring to meet net-zero carbon targets by 2050. As the global energy transition unfolds, US LNG will influence and be influenced by the international landscape for natural gas. The election of President Joe Biden has focused .
LNG carbon-neutral growth is coming
The ability to provide carbon-neutral LNG cargoes could become an essential part of LNG trade by the 2030s, traders have said.
Sources at three European gas providers told ICIS they plan to test-buy carbon-neutral LNG cargoes in the coming year and several more said they are looking at the possibility.
More cargoes could come from the US, a significant change of outlook considering how France’s ENGIE pulled out of a contract deal with NextDecade last year. The French government, a major shareholder in ENGIE, had expressed concerns about methane emissions in centres of US gas production.
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Author: Clare Pennington
2021/05/07 LONDON (ICIS) The ability to provide carbon-neutral LNG cargoes could become an essential part of LNG trade by the 2030s, traders have said. Sources at three European gas providers told ICIS they plan to test-buy carbon-neutral LNG cargoes in the coming year and several more said they are looking at the possibility. More cargoes could come from the US, a significant change of outlook considering how France’s ENGIE pulled out of a contract deal with NextDecade last year. The French government, a major shareholder in ENGIE, had expressed concerns about methane emissions in centres of US gas production.