New York City isn’t usually where energy headlines are made. But earlier this month, Manhattan judge Joel Cohen did just that when he sided with upstart liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Venture Global over Shell in a multimillion-dollar contract dispute that offers a revealing glimpse into the entrepreneurial forces driving American energy dominance.
Over the past two decades, American oil and gas companies have redrawn the world’s energy map. Today shale gas fracked in West Texas is piped to the Gulf Coast, liquefied and shipped to energy-hungry countries around the world. Since 2015, the U.S. has gone from LNG importer to the world’s top LNG exporter.
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