U.S. LNG Exports Jump To Record In H1 2021

Rising spot demand in both the winter and summer months from Asia and Europe and lower U.S. benchmark gas prices than international prices resulted in record-high American liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in the first half of this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday. U.S. LNG exports jumped to an average of 9.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) between January and June 2021, up by 42 percent compared with the first half of 2020. In the summer of last year, U.S. exports of LNG had dropped to record lows due…