Nikkei Asian: Trump breathes new life into $44bn Japan-Alaska LNG project

August 27, 2025 Despite the potential benefits to Asia and to Alaska, analysts believe it will be hard to get the project off the ground. The project is “just too expensive,” said Jason Feer, global head of business intelligence at shipbroker Poten & Partners. He said the project may become attractive “10-15 years from now” given the projected fall of LNG supply from countries like Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia, which have traditionally served the Asian market. “There may come a time when that high cost is less of an issue, when there is less cheap LNG in the world … but the timing now, when you are competing against [projects on the U.S.] Gulf Coast, Qatar, it is hard to see how it can get done.”

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