In July, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry visited Houston to touch base with a small group of independents. He told them that if energy is going to be used as a weapon by some (read Russia, OPEC), then the U.S. energy arsenal should be the biggest one around. That's one reason why he and President Trump want the U.S. to achieve energy dominance in world markets, with continued exports of oil, natural gas and LNG. A deal between the U.S. and China thus sounds like a match made in heaven. Because China faces pressure to wean itself from coal-fired power, it needs more natural gas. Last year China's LNG demand rose 47% to reach 37.8 million tons per annum (mtpa) in 2017.
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