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Step aside Australia and Qatar. The U.S. is poised to become the global leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity by the end of this year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said. The bulk of U.S. LNG exports are delivered off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas, where expansions of existing facilities and newbuild terminals will increase cumulative peak capacity to 13.9 billion cubic feet/day, the DOE said in a Dec. 9 note. That will exceed the peak export capacity of perennial LNG top dogs Australia and Qatar by 2.5 Bcf/d and 3.5 Bcf/d, respectively. The DOE describes peak capacity as the volume of LNG produced under optimal operating conditions, including modifications to production processes that increase operational efficiency. |