US Will Continue to ‘Tighten the Screws’ on Russia LNG Flows (1)

The US will continue to “tighten the screws” on Russian liquefied natural gas exports to deprive Moscow of funds for its war in Ukraine, according to a senior State Department energy official.

“Our goal with Russia is simple: it’s to drive down the revenue it enjoys from its oil and gas resources,” Geoffrey Pyatt, assistant secretary for energy resources, and a former US ambassador to Ukraine, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin.

The US sanctioned Russia’s new Arctic LNG 2 export plant last year, and then began slapping restrictions on ships ...