Kerry said that while the US had boosted LNG production because of Russia’s war in Ukraine it was still committed to phasing out all fossil fuels where emissions are not captured.
“We have signed up to the phase out of unabated fossil fuels, we have signed up and we voted for it at the G7,” said Kerry, referring to an agreement to boost the effort to reach net zero in energy systems by 2050.
“The increased production is a reflection of Ukraine, the effort to come back from Covid and the reflection of what happened with Russia cutting off all the gas to Europe . . . we’re sending a lot over there and other places to try to help them out.”
This year the US overtook Qatar to become the world’s largest LNG exporter. Its seven existing terminals can process as much as 11.4bn cubic feet a day, according to the Energy Information Administration — enough to satisfy the combined gas needs of Germany and France.
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