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Energy Security Initiative at BROOKINGS Liquid Markets: Assessing the Case for U.S. Exports of Liquefied Natural Gas Charles Ebinger Kevin Massy Govinda Avasarala MAY 2012 Policy Brief 12-01 A b o ut T h e B ro o k ings E nergy S ecurity I nitiative T he Energy Security Initiative (ESI) is a cross-program effort by the Brookings Institution designed to foster multidisciplinary research and dialogue on all aspects of energy security today. ESI recognizes that public and private choices related to energy production and use will shape the global economic, environmental and strategic landscape in profound ways and that achieving a more secure future will therefore require a determined effort to understand the likely consequences of these choices and their implications for sound policymaking. The ESI Policy Brief Series is intended to showcase serious and focused scholarship on topical issues in one or more of these broad research areas, with an emphasis on targeted policy recommendations. Contact for the Energy Security Initiative: Govinda Avasarala Senior Research Assistant (202) 797-6231 gavasarala@brookings.edu Brookings recognizes that the value it provides to any supporter is in its absolute commitment to quality, independence and impact. Activi- ties supported by its donors reflect this commitment, and the analysis and recommendations of the Institutions scholars are not determined by any donation. E N E R G Y S E C U R I T Y I N I T I AT I V E L i q u i d ma r ke t s : a s s e s s i n g t h e ca s e f o r U . S . E x p o r t s o f l i q u e f i e d n at u r al ga s i A b o ut T h e A ut h o rs Charles Ebinger Govinda Avasarala Charles Ebinger is a senior fellow and director of Govinda Avasarala is a Senior Research Assistant the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings. He in the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings. His has more than 35 years of experience specializ- research focuses on the geopolitics of energy in ing in international and domestic energy markets emerging markets, domestic and international oil (oil, gas, coal, and nuclear) and the geopolitics of and natural gas markets, and multilateral energy energy, and has served as an energy policy advisor frameworks. He has ...