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Trump Did What Obama Never Could: He Took Away Putin�s Biggest Bargaining Chip.
BY V SAXENA.
purred by a desire to acquire independence from Russian energy sources and buoyed by
support from President Donald Trump, Poland�s state-owned gas and oil company has reportedly
signed a five-year deal to purchase American liquefied natural gas.
As noted by The Wall Street Journal, this move presents a huge headache to Russian President
Vladimir Putin, who has long prided himself on using Europe�s dependence on his nation�s
rich energy stores �as a diplomatic cudgel, threatening to cut off supplies� to any
country that disobeys him.
But because of America�s ongoing fracking revolution � which the Obama administration
tried to rein in and Trump has helped boost � the age of Russian dominance may soon
be approaching an end.
�In 2015 � the year Moscow cut off gas supplies to Ukraine � the U.S. surpassed
Russia as the world�s top natural-gas producer,� the Journal reported.
�By February 2016 major shipments of American LNG were headed abroad for the first
time.�
According to the deal reached by Poland�s PGNiG, the British utility company Centrica
will deliver deliver roughly 30 billion cubic feet of American-produced liquified natural
gas to Poland.
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The liquified gas will be purchased from Cheniere Energy, a U.S.-based energy company that operates
several liquification plants throughout the states.
In a statement published Nov. 21, PGNiG CEO Piotr Wozniak noted that this deal will likely
only be the first of many more.
�In 2015 � the year Moscow cut off gas supplies to Ukraine � the U.S. surpassed
Russia as the world�s top natural-gas producer,� the Journal reported.
�By February 2016 major shipments of American LNG were headed abroad for the first time.�
According to the deal reached by Poland�s PGNiG, the British utility company Centrica
will deliver deliver roughly 30 billion cubic feet of American-produced liquified natural
gas to Poland.
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The liquified gas will be purchased from Cheniere Energy, a U.S.-based energy company that operates
several liquification plants throughout the states.
In
a
statement published Nov. 21, PGNiG CEO Piotr Wozniak
noted that this
deal will likely only be
the first of many more.
Not anymore, though, thanks to the American fracking revolution and Donald Trump�s support
for it.
MAGA.
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