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Is U.S. liquefied natural gas a game-changer for Russia, Europe?

By Louis Jacobson

President Donald Trump has expressed a desire to expand U.S. liquefied natural gas sales in Europe.

Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson interviewed President Donald Trump on July 12, 2017.

During a recent televised sit-down between President Donald Trump and televangelist Pat Robertson on the Christian Broadcasting Network, a question by Robertson caught our attention.

Robertson said Gazprom, a Russian natural-gas giant, "held Europe by the throat -- they were a monopoly, and now the U.S. is breaking into that monopoly with our exports of LNG," or liquefied natural gas.

Trump replied, "We are. We have LNG exporting all over."

The normal way to transport natural gas is through pipelines, but pipelines aren’t considered economical for transoceanic shipments of natural gas. Liquefied natural gas, or LNG, has been cooled so that it can be shipped more efficiently as a liquid in specially designed cargo ships. Transporting natural gas this way requires specialized facilities at both ends of the voyage.