"American authorities approved the nation’s first big gas export plant in half a century on Monday."
Have they been dragging their feet? I wouldn't be surprised. Which ones have they denied?
Cheniere got their approval just a couple weeks after they got the majority of their financing in place. They still need additional financing which they said they would have in place by the end of this month.
Next in line is Freeport's offload terminal and there are numerous other companies at various stages of development including one on the east coast to export Marcellus NG. Just last week it was announced that a terminal would be built in the Pacific NW to export Canadian NG.