While speaking before industry executives last June, United States President Donald Trump asserted that he had “ended the war on coal” and that America would be “dominant” in energy. But where does this all stand now? Much of the Trump administration’s hope for achieving dominance requires increasing exports of liquid natural gas (LNG) from six new liquefaction and export facilities. One of these, Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana, is now being expanded, while the rest are approved and scheduled to be completed in the next three years. When they’re all in service, they’ll be able to export about 9bn cubic feet of gas a day, which is about 12 per cent of U.S. natural gas production. Meanwhile, investors are looking at a second wave of about 20 more proposed U.S.-based LNG plants, backed by large portfolio players including ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell. However, it’s unclear whether […]