Local regulations, NEPA lawsuits seen among clouds in outlook for LNG exports

摘要

While touting increased estimates of recoverable US natural gasrnreserves that could support greater LNG exports, an industry advocaternlast week described several potential regulatory and legal roadblocksrnconfronting the sector.rnSpeaking at a September 18 Energy Bar Association event on LNGrnexports fueled by hydraulic fracturing, Ben Norris, senior counsel of thernAmerican Petroleum Institute, said API is monitoring state and localrnbans, moratoria and regulations, as well as risks tied to litigation overrnthe National Environmental Policy Act, tough-to-predict trade policiesrnfrom the Trump administration and lower oil prices.