This was announced by the White House following a meeting of the US-EU working group on energy security.

“This year alone, from January to October, about 48 billion cubic meters of LNG were exported from the US to the EU, which is 26 billion cubic meters more than in all of 2021,” the statement said.

To date, the United States has become the second largest supplier of gas to the European Union after Norway.

Russia, according to the head of NOVATEK, Leonid Mikhelson, has reduced gas supplies to Europe by 50 billion cubic meters.

m for the last 4-5 months.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken acknowledged that the US views the current situation in Europe as an opportunity to end its dependence on Russian energy resources once and for all.