A US trade group representing manufacturers with $1 trillion in annual sales wants DOE to reject four applications to export LNG from the Gulf Coast. A U.S. trade group representing manufacturers with $1 trillion in annual sales has gone on record against four liquefied natural gas (LNG) export applications submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). “LNG export volumes decrease pipeline capacity that is available to U.S. consumers, because the natural gas is committed to going offshore to supply other countries, not U.S. consumers,” the Industrial Energy Consumers of American (IECA) argued in a written statement emailed Friday to Rigzone. Washington, D.C.-based IECA reported that it has submitted comments to DOE opposing four LNG export applications. The organization claims that DOE, which authorizes LNG exports, and the LNG project developers have failed to determine whether enough gas pipeline capacity exists to serve domestic consumers as well as LNG […]