Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the lead developer of a planned gas export facility in Alaska said Friday that interest in the project is surging, though it would still be years before gas could flow through a proposed pipeline.
Burgum said the National Energy Dominance Council he chairs is working “basically all the time” on how to get the Alaska liquefied natural gas proposal built. Gas could make its way from Alaska to Japan in as little as eight days, he said, and demand may far outpace the capacity of the proposed pipeline.
The Glenfarne Group, meanwhile, said it signed a letter of intent with Tokyo Gas, a Japanese utility company that would buy 1 million metric tons of LNG per year from the project.
“This agreement validates the strength of Alaska LNG’s commercial offering,” said Glenfarne CEO Brendan Duval in a statement.
