Surging global demand for natural gas and the build-out of three new Gulf of America export terminals will spur a 20 percent boost in 2025, and a 15 percent increase in 2026, in domestic liquid natural gas (LNG) production, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projects in its March 2025 Short-Term Energy Outlook.
“We expect U.S. LNG exports to continue growing, driven by the start-up of three new facilities” that will expand the nation’s export capacity by 50 percent when fully operational this year, the administration said in an April 3 analysis of the outlook.
The updated analysis was needed after preliminary data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) indicated U.S. producers exported a record monthly amount of liquefied natural gas in March, more than 70 percent to Europe, surpassing their December 2023 record....
