U.S. Becomes EU’s Largest LNG Supplier with 58% Share

The United States will become the European Union’s biggest supplier of liquefied natural gas this year, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis said in a report cited by Reuters on May 13, 2026. LNG imports from the United States into the EU already accounted for 58 percent of overall LNG imports.

U.S. LNG for all its LNG imports in two years. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis released the report detailing Europe's rising dependence on a single supplier.

U.S. LNG dependence. The group warned that the trend creates a potentially risky dependence on one supplier. U.S. volumes grow, the EU is buying every ton of Russian LNG it can ahead of the 2027 ban on Russian energy imports.

The motivation for the 2027 ban includes punishment for the war in Ukraine and avoiding overwhelming dependence on a single energy supplier. That policy is now producing the opposite outcome with the United States. Energy commodities form a central element of a trade deal signed last year by President Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

U.S. energy commodities over three years. The arrangement elevated American LNG, oil, and refined fuels in Europe’s energy supply mix.

-EU energy trade deal earlier this year. U.S. president after the European Parliament signaled problems with the deal. President Trump threatened to hike tariffs on EU goods unless the bloc signs the deal as is.

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ZeroHedge reported on the full set of developments. U.S. liquefied gas. Its analysis highlighted how the current trajectory reverses the original intent of the Russian energy ban.

The group presented its findings without speculation on political outcomes.