Cheniere Energy is blazing a trail for US liquefaction as a raft of rivals look to follow suit with exports from the lower 48 states.



So far, the combined maximum capacity of six projects in the permitting pipeline amounts to nearly 70 million tonnes per annum.



If all were built a country once seen as an imports giant would have an export capacity larger than the current portfolio of Indonesia, the world’s number-two LNG supplier.



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