Japan Encourages U.S. Secretary of Energy to Approve LNG Export Applications
Posted on Sep 15, 2011 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Japan Encourages U.S. Secretary of Energy to Approve LNG Export Applications
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that Japanese officials who met with U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu this week encouraged the U.S. government to approve pending LNG export applications, expressing Japan’s desire to import LNG from the United States. A source with the Japanese government told Platts that Japan secured “certain understandings” from Secretary Chu.