By the beginning of this year, the world’s leading gas exporter, the United States, grew the capacity to ship nearly 100 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas per year—incredibly rapid growth for a U.S. industry that only started exporting a decade ago.
By 2030, a little-known startup, Venture Global, is projected to exceed that volume all by itself. It only began shipping three years ago. The oil and gas outsiders at Venture Global are doing so by upending project design norms, upsetting the Big Oil hierarchy, and dominating the nascent gas export industry.
