A European Union (EU) blueprint released last week to reduce methane emissions will not impact the U.S. liquified natural gas (LNG) industry for now because the plan does not include restrictions on emissions from foreign producers, experts told NGI.

“The methane emissions policies issued by the EU would not have an immediate impact on the ability of any natural gas supplier to deliver to the EU,” said Rice University’s Anna Mikulska, a nonresident fellow for the Center of Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy who is an expert on the European energy market.

The so-called EU Methane Strategy published by the European Commission (EC) is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% in 2030 compared with 1990. The EC said methane, which...