Energy chiefs warn EU climate rules threaten liquefied natural gas supply

(The Center Square) – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and the leaders of three other major liquefied natural gas-producing nations warned the European Union in a letter on Tuesday that climate regulations now being debated in Brussels could lead to gas shortages in 2027.

In a letter signed by the energy ministers of the United States, Qatar, Nigeria, and Algeria, the four LNG exporting countries said the European Union Methane Regulation (EUMR), set to go into effect in January 2027, will disrupt Europe’s oil and gas supply chains. The regulation sets strict methane monitoring, reporting, and verification standards on all crude oil, gas and coal imported into the 27-nation trade bloc.

Speaking Wednesday at the Reuters Global Energy Forum in New York, Secretary Wright said the regulations are “crazy” and warned they risk triggering widespread European winter blackouts by restricting American LNG shipments.

“Without a meaningful reform of that rule, it is going to ...