Federal officials have granted two U.S. liquefied natural gas projects near the Gulf of Mexico extra time to get ready for exports.
On Friday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright signed an order granting Energy Transfer six additional years to begin gas exports from the Lake Charles LNG project, which is planned for southwestern Louisiana.
That came a day after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted a five-year extension to the Texas LNG project to get a planned facility built and placed into service.
While different, the moves provide more flexibility to developers of gas exports projects along the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of America earlier this year. Trump has listed boosting fossil fuel production and LNG exports among his top energy priorities.
