Chinese demand for US LNG growing despite mounting political issues

摘要

When Houston-based Freeport LNG was looking for customers for the LNG it expected to export from a planned terminal in Quintana Island, Texas, there was significant interest from a major player in China, according to Michael Smith, Freeport's CEO. But Department of Energy officials signaled that they were wary of authorizing gas exports into China. Even lawmakers who supported the Freeport LNG project on Capitol Hill indicated they may take a different view of a project aimed at meeting China's growing gas demand.