berlin reduce its dependence on russian oil and gas l.n.g. stands for liquefied natural gas that s the abbreviation and many countries across africa are also gearing up to jump into that market both exporters and as potential customers let s have a closer look at gas which mozambican tanzania spec ing to start exporting l.n.g. from twenty twenty joining cameroon on gold and equitorial genea and goler for instance has proven reserves of more than three hundred billion cubic meters and is already exporting most of it the us has only recently begun to break into the l.n.g. market but experts say the americans could become the third largest lynching exporter in the world by twenty twenty just behind qatar and australia the u.s. currently has three ports to load l.n.g. gas supply shown here operates two facilities in louisiana and texas while the many energy operates out of maryland over