The potential exists for the United States to become the third-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in a few short years, a federal report finds. Photo courtesy of Cheniere Energy Aug. 9 (UPI) — The United States could be the third-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in the world by the end of the decade, a short-term federal report found. Thanks in large part to shale operations, the United States in 2009 passed Russia to become the largest natural gas producer in the world. Most of the transport, however, is contained within North America. In 2016, the last full year for which the U.S. government reported data, natural gas made up about 34 percent of total domestic electricity generation, followed by coal with 30 percent. Renewable energy that year accounted for about 15 percent of the total mix, though renewable energy momentum has since accelerated. There’s only one facility […]