The shale gas boom will make the US the world 's top supplier of liquified natural gas ( LNG ) by 2028 and its biggest producer by 2040 , according to Wood Mackenzie . “The outlook for US natural gas is extremely promising. Kristy Kramer , the company 's head of Americas gas operations , said US gas production growth was forecast to be 47 % by 2020 , while output was set to be 130 billion ft cubed per day , more than 50 % above current figures . Kramer said US annual LNG exports could reach more than 140 million tons per year ( tpy ) by 2035 , unlike Qatar and Australia , which would ship 100 million and 80 million tpy , respectively .
The shale gas boom will make the US the world 's top supplier of liquified natural gas ( LNG ) by 2028 and its biggest producer by 2040 , according to Wood Mackenzie . Kristy Kramer , the company 's head of Americas gas operations , said US gas production growth was forecast to be 47 % by 2020 , while output was set to be 130 billion ft cubed per day , more than 50 % above current figures . Kramer said US annual LNG exports could reach more than 140 million tons per year ( tpy ) by 2035 , unlike Qatar and Australia , which would ship 100 million and 80 million tpy , respectively .