Russia’s invasion of Ukraine created a global energy crisis and an opportunity for the United States to assert itself as the world’s “energy superpower,” maintains Charif Souki, “the godfather of LNG” who a decade ago spearheaded the American drive to become the global leader in liquified natural gas production.
“The fundamental thing that has happened, that has not yet been absorbed in the United States, not by the political circles or by general consensus, is that we are now an energy superpower,” he said. “You can argue, maybe, ‘the’ energy superpower.”
