Trump says Japan will ‘soon’ begin importing LNG from Alaska. But gas exports couldn’t happen until 2031, even in the best case.
President Donald Trump said Friday that Japan would soon begin importing record amounts of liquefied natural gas from Alaska. But plans for the $44 billion Alaska LNG project — the lone LNG export project in the state — don’t call for exports of gas until 2031. And that’s if the project can be built at all.