How the U.S. Became the World's LNG Superpower

Global liquefied natural gas exports grew by about 1. 2 trillion cubic feet in 2025. The United States supplied approximately 1. 10 trillion cubic feet of that increase. Put another way, roughly 93% of the world’s additional LNG came from the United States.

The scale of that contribution is even more striking considering where the industry stood a decade ago. In 2015, the United States exported less than 0. 03 trillion cubic feet of LNG. By 2025, exports had reached 5.