Trump says Taiwan will take 30 percent of Alaska LNG gas
Infrastructure
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
· Updated Oct 13, 2026 23:34
President Trump told a rally in Alaska on Tuesday that Taiwan has agreed to buy 30 percent of the gas from the Alaska LNG pipeline for 20 years and invest in the project, an anchor commitment the $44 billion development has long lacked.
Why it matters: A 20 year Taiwanese offtake would be the strongest demand signal yet for a project that still has no final investment decision, but CPC has pushed back on Trump's version, saying no final procurement agreement has been signed and that investment and offtake talks are still under way.
Data as of Tuesday, October 13, 2026, night. CNBC report read via a live browser session (direct page access denied in that browser; the report was verified against the identical Reuters story syndicated elsewhere); Clarin report, in Spanish, opened and read in full. CPC's pushback is from the CNBC and Reuters reporting: the company said no final procurement agreement has been signed, while confirming discussions on investment and offtake. Its documented earlier step is a 2025 letter of intent, hence grade C. Developing item, 2 to 3 sentences by design.
President Trump said at a Republican rally in Alaska on Tuesday that Taiwan has agreed to buy 30 percent of the gas carried by the Alaska LNG pipeline over 20 years, and Clarin put the accompanying Taiwanese investment at $4.4 billion. CPC, the state energy company, pushed back: it said no final procurement agreement has been signed, though it is discussing investment and offtake with the project and values the opportunity. Its documented step before Tuesday was a letter of intent signed in March 2025 covering possible purchases and investment.
The project, an 807 mile pipeline from the North Slope to an export terminal near Anchorage with a price tag put at $44 billion, capacity of up to 20 million metric tons of LNG a year and Glenfarne Group as lead developer, has spent decades looking for exactly this kind of anchor buyer; Glenfarne aims to take a final investment decision on the pipeline this year.
Sources
- Taiwan agrees to buy 30% of gas from Alaska LNG project, Trump says · CNBC · 2026-10-14
- Trump anuncia que Taiwán comprará por veinte años el 30 % del gas de ducto en Alaska · Clarin, in Spanish · 2026-10-14
- Trump says Taiwan agreed to buy 30 percent of gas from Alaska pipeline · The Hill · 2026-10-13