China Cracks Open Door for U.S. Natural Gas Imports as Wintry Cold Hits
- As America’s export capacity rises, two tankers deliver LNG
- Trade spat kept Asia giant from U.S. gas imports in October
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China last month imported two tankers of U.S. liquefied natural gas, nudging open a doorway that had been closed shut for a month at a time when America is rapidly expanding its ability to export the heating fuel.
The three operating U.S. terminals soaked up more than 5.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas from American shale basins on Sunday, the most ever. With two more U.S. terminals slated to open in the first quarter of 2019, China’s re-emergence as a customer as wintry weather descends offers a much-needed outlet for exports.