ANCHORAGE, Alaska (July 21, 2014) – In another step forward for the Alaska LNG project, an application to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) was submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy.

The export application requests authorization to export up to 20 million metric tons per year of LNG for 30 years to countries that have existing free trade agreements with the U.S., as well as to non-free trade agreement countries.