Smart to look in African waters. They want energy income and supply there and say they should get to “catch up” with all the countries that went before them. I say let them have at it, the more the merrier.
Understand the numbers. 180 trillion cubic feet is claimed. There is usually less than initial claims.
But more important, understand the number. That’s about 5 Trillion Cubic Meters, which is how the big boys measure.
Russia natgas reserves are 38 Trillion, discovered, there will be more undiscovered, huge surface area. Iran is about 32. Quatar 25. Turkmenistan 14.
The lowly US is 12, consuming far faster than Russia, Iran or Qatar. US consumption (output) 0.95 Trillion cubic meters/yr (yes, that means about 14 yrs). Russia 0.7 Trillion/yr, so 50ish years. Iran 0.25 Trillion/yr. Qatar 0.177 Trillion/yr.
Behold, why we are going to lose.