March 7, 2023
The Honorable Fumio Kishida
Prime Minister of Japan
1-6-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8968, Japan
cc:President Joseph R. Biden
President Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Dear Prime Minister Kishida,
Today on the sidelines of the CERAWeek conference in Houston, Texas, senior executives of ourorganizations met with representatives of G7 nations to discuss the unique and vital role ofnatural gas in meeting shared energy security and climate objectives.
Industry leaders encouraged participating officials, led by Mr. Takeshi Soda of the Japanese
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, to affirm the crucial contributions of natural gas toglobal energy security at the upcoming G7 energy ministerial as well as the G7 Summit inHiroshima this May. In addition to immeasurable security benefits, continued development ofnatural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets is necessary to stabilize volatile global
energy markets and complement the expansion of renewable energy while accelerating thephase-out of coal-fired power generation.
In addition to affirming the key role of LNG, our industry is committed to ensuring natural gas
projects are aligned with international climate objectives. In particular, we support the global
effort to reduce methane emissions and are eager to partner with governments around theworld on the important technical and policy work necessary to advance international methane
reduction initiatives. Our members are also aggressively pursuing innovation and investment intechnologies to measure and reduce methane emissions throughout the value chain, while also

working to accelerate development of promising low-carbon technologies, including
biomethane and renewable natural gas (RNG), CCUS, hydrogen, ammonia, and e-methane. We
hope the G7 will expand its efforts in these areas, including proactively implementing thepolicy changes required to support these technologies.
Additionally, our energy security forum discussion emphasized the importance of building on
the G7’s June 2022 statement recognizing “the important role increased deliveries of LNG canplay” in phasing out dependency on Russian energy and that “investment in this sector isnecessary in response to the current crisis.” Specifically, we called on G7 leaders to advance thefollowing priorities in its forthcoming meetings and ultimate Communique:•Ensure that international commitments to expeditiously replace Russian natural gas arematched by clear and consistent supportive policies enabling achievement of this goal,
including by:o Working with industry to encourage public and private investment in all segments of
the natural gas supply chain to ensure sufficient development and availability of nonRussian supplies, while ensuring consistency with long-term climate objectives.
o Committing to cooperate on ways to improve guidelines and practices associatedwith public financing of natural gas infrastructure and foster efficient and timely
review of permitting of such infrastructure.
o Supporting development of gas resources including biomethane, renewable naturalgas, and other renewable and low carbon gaseous fuels.

Above all else, the G7 process is intended to advance shared economic and security interests
among the world’s leading democracies. The energy and financial reverberations of the war haveshown that these goals cannot be achieved without fundamental progress on both energy
security and climate change. Responsible development of natural gas and associatedinfrastructure is critical to this progress, and we look forward to working with G7 ministers andheads of state to ensure that the forthcoming meetings reflect these realities.
Sincerely,
American Petroleum InstituteAsia Natural Gas & Energy Association
Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc.
EurogasInternational Association of Oil & Gas Producers
International Gas Union
LNG Allies
U.S. Chamber of Commerce