Responsibly-sourced natural gas (RSG) is key to unlocking more demand for the fuel overseas, but largely in countries that can afford it, according to a panel of U.S. producers and exporters that spoke in Washington, DC, earlier this month.

“RSG is a contract between a region that is privileged to have the supply and a region that is privileged to be able to pay for it,” said EQT Corp. General Counsel William Jordan.

“When we step back and say, ‘we need to have these rigorous standards around liquefied natural gas (LNG) and our gas exports,’ we really need to understand that if we apply that across the board, then we are totally ignoring the vast majority of benefits that gas can provide in the interest of climate change,” he added during a panel discussion at the...