EU Offers Easier Path for US LNG Exporters to Meet Methane Rules

Bloomberg.com · last updated December 11, 2025 – 8:21 PM

The European Union plans to simplify ways for US exporters of liquefied natural gas to comply with methane emission requirements that have drawn ire from the Trump administration.

The EU regulation on methane aims to curb emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas embedded in domestic consumption of fossil fuels and requires foreign LNG producers to gradually comply or risk losing market share. The US has criticized the rules for hampering trade at a time when the EU is seeking more American imports to replace supplies from Russia.

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