Tenth US LNG terminal OK'd for exports

Golden Pass LNG received approval for exporting cargoes, according to the US Department of Energy. 

The project, jointly backed by Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, already had a permit to export up to two billion cubic feet per day of LNG, but only to a limited number of countries that have free trade agreements with the US. 

The permit just issued, though, allows Golden Pass LNG to export cargoes to non-free trade agreement countries, which include the largest consumers in Asia such as Japan and China.