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We’ve (finally) made it through January. After what seemed to be a never-ending month, February is here, and with it comes Valentine’s Day, the 2025 GRAMMYs, the 97th Academy Awards nominations, and, of course, the Super Bowl.

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The championship game of the NFL is scheduled to be played on 9 February 2025 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The game will be played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion and two-time defending Super Bowl champion, Kansas City Chiefs, and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion, Philadelphia Eagles. This game is a rematch of Super Bowl LVII from 2023 in which the Chiefs defeated the Eagles 38 – 35; the Chiefs are now just one win away from becoming the first team to three-peat in the Super Bowl era.1

The Chiefs are not the only ones making an historic return in the US this year; President Donald Trump has also returned to office in Washington D.C. to serve a second term. Despite not being in office for long, he has already issued a wave of orders, including the reversal of Biden’s pause on LNG exports to free trade agreement countries and directing the U.S. Department of Energy to “unleash American energy dominance”.2

LNG companies in the US have praised Trump’s decision to lift the freeze on export permits, with three companies developing LNG projects in Texas and Louisiana, including Cheniere Energy, Commonwealth LNG, and Energy Transfer, announcing they will move their projects ahead with full speed following this reversal.3 Trump’s decision could enable almost 100 million tpy of additional LNG from significantly-advanced projects by 2031, which would further establish the US as the world’s largest LNG exporter.

On the other hand, it remains to be seen if a potential future lack of studies on the environmental impacts of new LNG projects coupled with new EU regulations such as the EU Methane Regulation will cause any issues for the US LNG industry.

Trump’s “Drill, Baby, Drill” energy mandate, promoting the exploration and export of US energy resources, also provided the foundation for a heads of agreement between the Government of Bangladesh and Louisiana-based Argent LLC for the purchase of up to 5 million tpy of LNG.4 The agreement underscores a growing energy collaboration between the two nations, and will help Bangladesh, and the wider South and Southeast Asia region, with their energy transition efforts by reducing reliance on high-carbon fuels.

LNG also plays an important role in Brazil’s energy mix, used as a ‘backstop fuel’ to help aid with a lack of power generated from hydropower during periods of server droughts. Kpler’s regional report at the beginning of this issue provides insight into why Brazilian LNG demand remained modest in 2024, despite a historic drought.

Finally, you can pick up a copy of this February issue at The 11 International LNG Congress 2025 in the Netherlands from 10 – 12 March, and StocExpo, also in the Netherlands, from 11 – 12 March.

  1. DEARDO, B., ‘Chiefs’ pursuit of three-peat: Here’s how three previous back-to-back champs fared in conference title game’, CBS Sports, (19 January 2025), https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/chiefs-pursuit-of-three-peat-heres-how-three-previous-back-to-back-champs-fared-in-conference-title-game/
  2. ‘U.S. Department of Energy reverses Biden LNG pause’, U.S. Department of Energy, (21 January 2025), https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda
  3. WILLIAMS, C., ‘LNG companies hail Trump decision to lift freeze on export permits’, Reuters, (22 January 2025), https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda
  4. ‘Bangladesh signs landmark LNG deal under President Trump’s energy policy initiative’, Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, (25 January 2025), https://bida.gov.bd/details/bangladesh-signs-landmark-lng-deal-under-president-trumps-energy-policy-initiative

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