United States expected to become a net exporter of natural gas this year
(Wed, 09 Aug 2017) EIAâs latest <em>Short-Term Energy Outlook</em> projects that the United States will export more natural gas than it imports in 2017. The United States has been a net exporter for three of the past four months and is expected to continue to export more natural gas than it imports for the rest of 2017 and throughout 2018.