Canada Pushes Shipping More Gas for Gulf Coast LNG Exports

A flare stack at the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.
Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg

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By Julie Fine and Emma Sanchez

March 24, 2026 at 4:26 PM UTC

Updated on

March 24, 2026 at 5:50 PM UTC

Canadian Energy Minister Tim Hodgson pitched increasing natural gas flows to the US, aimed at boosting LNG exports from the Gulf Coast and meeting rising power demand from artificial-intelligence data centers.

In an interview on Bloomberg Television, Hodgson said he had a “wonderful conversation” with US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum during the CERAWeek conference hosted by S&P Global in Houston.