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Heya DF :2wave: .....I was wondering what it will cost us in order to do what we offered to do?
Led by the powerhouse lobbying of the American Petroleum Institute, a coalition of Fortune 500 energy companies are using the Ukraine crisis to spur Congress to approve a key policy goal: Easing regulations on the export of U.S. natural gas.
Despite a decade-long boom in U.S. natural gas production, very little of America's vast gas reserves are exported.. That's because strict regulations on the transfer and storage of gas have made it impossible to profitably ship out of the U.S.
Oil and gas companies have paid Washington lobbyists millions in recent years to challenge the strict export rules -- to no avail, until now."
U.S. Push For Natural Gas Exports To Help Ukraine Won't Actually Help Ukraine
I stated once before that the USA wants to fill the Ukraine pipeline from the Atlantic Coast. The low cost gas from Russia is one thing that prevented that. They expect Russia to put the squeeze on the gas to Europe through the Ukraine. It's very fortunate that it has been a mild winter in Europe and Ukraine and there are some reserves. Push comes to shove in the first week of April when the current gss contract between Russia and Ukraine is renewed. Ukraine is $2 Billion behind on payments for gas that they were getting at well below World prices, thanks to Putin's/Russia's generosity. Methinks they had better have $2 Billion in cash to settle current accounts and expect the price to be at World Market prices and also only 30 day contracts because of their poor payment record. Russia has UE and Ukraine by the short hairs in this matter. The only good thing is that Putin has always been good to Ukrainians and he still might have a soft spot in his heart if the Kiev regime can organize the collective will to pull their heads out of their asses.