A mothballed LNG plant in Nikiski, Alaska. Alaska LNG has been a dream of legislators since the 1980s. It has made little progress because of its formidable costs. — Ash Adams/The New York Times
IN Nikiski, a small community in southern Alaska, recent talk has centred on US President Donald Trump’s promotion of a massive energy scheme: the Alaska LNG project.
Touted as the largest energy investment in US history, the US$44bil plan proposes shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) from northern Alaska’s gas fields to customers in Japan and elsewhere in Asia. Nikiski would serve as the project’s export hub.
