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Mexico’s outgoing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador could still push through a regulatory overhaul of the energy sector before his successor Claudia Sheinbaum is sworn in this October, according to the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s David Gantz.

FERC has been ordered by a federal appeals court to review its analysis of the environmental impact of Commonwealth LNG, creating another potential delay for the Louisiana export project.

Energy Transfer LP is testing the regulatory waters after a major court decision on the Biden administration’s LNG pause, requesting that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) “expeditiously act” on its export license application for Lake Charles LNG.

An investigation into the emergency response by utilities to Beryl, which knocked out power to millions in Houston and surrounding communities after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, is underway following a push by Gov. Greg Abbott.

A second Louisiana court has sided with Williams in its dispute with Energy Transfer LP over natural gas pipeline crossings, clearing another obstacle for the Louisiana Energy Gateway (LEG) system that would supply LNG export terminals.

In a split decision, the U.S. Supreme Court last month temporarily halted a Biden administration plan designed to reduce air pollution from natural gas and coal power plants that crosses state borders. Industry groups cheered.

Mexico is importing around 7 Bcf/d of natural gas from the United States this summer, but unresolved issues related to a trade treaty binding the two economies could complicate this relationship.

A federal court has ruled the Department of Energy (DOE) should resume considerations for new worldwide LNG export permits while it reviews the impact of natural gas trade on the U.S. economy and climate.

More than half a year after the Department of Energy (DOE) halted non-free trade (FTA) agreement permits for new U.S. LNG projects, the length of the pause and the potential impacts to the export supply outlook are still pending.

The Biden administration’s pause on new approvals for LNG exports to non-free trade agreement (FTA) countries is casting doubt over the future of liquefaction projects in Mexico that would rely on U.S. feed gas.