The liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry began as a means of making use of natural gas resources in socially remote regions and of natural gas associated with oil production. Natural gas was transformed from a waste product into LNG that could be moved thousands of miles to market, redefining “waste” as a valuable raw material. As the newest large‐scale LNG exporter, the United States entered the LNG industry based on another redefinition of nature: the extraction of natural gas previously economically and technologically inaccessible in shale formations. Hydraulic fracturing and new drilling technologies have created reserves of natural gas that are driving down prices with excess production and provoking a search for new markets via LNG exports. Liquefied natural gas is reshaping economies, communities, industries, and ecosystems in the United States and in other parts of the world.

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液化天然气：重新定义自然，重组地缘政治，重返外围？

液化天然气（LNG）工业开始作为一种利用社会偏远地区的天然气资源以及与石油生产相关的天然气的手段。天然气已从废物转化为液化天然气，可以被运输到数千英里之外，重新定义了“废物”作为有价值的原材料。作为最新的大型液化天然气出口国，美国根据另一种自然界的定义进入了液化天然气行业：页岩地层中以前在经济和技术上无法获得的天然气的提取。水力压裂和新的钻井技术创造了天然气储备，这些天然气正在压低产量，降低价格，并通过液化天然气出口寻求新市场。液化天然气正在重塑经济，社区，产业，