Senior US officials did not know that local companies buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) - America's national asset - from the worst enemy. The fact of fuel supplies from Russia became an unpleasant surprise for the political establishment. But there is nowhere for the Americans to go: they do not have enough pipes to pump gas from one state to another. On the next "treachery" of the Russians the day before said the US Energy Secretary Rick Perry. At a hearing in the Senate Committee on Trade, Science and Transport, Oklahoma's representative, Republican James Inhof, complained that Massachusetts "actually imports gas from Russia". In Oklahoma, sufficient volumes of hydrocarbons are produced to direct them to the north-east of the country.

In response, Perry said: "I am just as stunned as you are by the fact that Russian molecules (LNG) are in a tanker that is in the bay of Boston, while we ourselves are extracting significant volumes of gas".

The main reason that Americans can not even meet their domestic demand is the underdevelopment of the infrastructure. According to Inhof, there is not enough pipelines in America to supply gas to other states. The colleague was supported by Republican Senator Dan Sullivan (Alaska). He called the supply of Russian gas the sad consequences of the fact that the Massachusetts authorities refused earlier to offer to build a pipeline on their territory,.

Rick Perry said that the problem of building a pipeline infrastructure should be discussed at the state level. This will help achieve results that would allow fuel to be freely transported throughout the country. In this context, the discussions of the plans of the federal center for the modernization of the decaying fuel and energy infrastructure worth $ 1.5 trillion.

Enraged by US ministers and senators, the tanker in January delivered to Boston a batch of liquefied natural gas produced, including at the Russian plant Yamal LNG,. During the cold weather, American customers preferred to buy a batch of Russian gas at the British terminal Isle of Grain, rather than waiting for domestic supplies. It was faster and more reliable.

Meanwhile, the US intends to compose Russia a contest in the European gas market. "The US already competes with Russia as an exporter of LNG and an exporter of oil on the global market. We are ready to compete in the EU market by supplying gas. There are already 30 floating installations for storage and regasification, "said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Sandra Oudkirk.

She noted that Americans are ready to sell gas wherever the price will be competitive. "For this, we will certainly need to deal with optimizing the cost of regasification, gas liquefaction and storage," the official added..