Asia Seeking US Energy to Reduce Mideast Reliance, Zeldin Says

 

Asian countries are increasingly looking to the US as an energy supplier to reduce their dependence on the Middle East amid regional instability and supply chain concerns, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said.

Speaking from Tokyo at an energy forum, Zeldin pointed to the more than $50 billion worth of deals that US companies had secured in the past 48 hours as countries in the region seek to diversify away from the Gulf, where supplies have been disrupted by the effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-15/asia-seeking-us-energy-to-reduce-mideast-reliance-zeldin-says