Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., i expected to introduce legislation Wednesday calling for the Department of Energy to speed up approvals of LNG exports to Europe, where Russia has long had a strangle hold on natural gas supplies. Likewise, the bill would authorize U.S. sanctions on Russian energy projects, including the planned Nordstream 2 pipeline, which would run across the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany.
Source: FuelFix