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Trump Issues Jones Waiver; Foreign Vessels Deliver Crude, LNG

4/24/2026

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President Donald Trump issued a 60-day Jones Act waiver that lets foreign-flagged vessels move fuel between ports.
The HTM Warrior delivered Bakken crude from Texas to Monroe Energy’s Trainer refinery in Pennsylvania under the waiver.
U.S. officials are reviewing extending the waiver beyond the initial 60 days.
QatarEnergy’s Al Qaiyyah LNG tanker arrived at Texas’s Golden Pass plant, whose first train processes 400 million cubic feet per day, half its capacity.

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President Donald Trump issued a 60-day Jones Act waiver that lets foreign-flagged vessels move fuel between ports.
The HTM Warrior delivered Bakken crude from Texas to Monroe Energy’s Trainer refinery in Pennsylvania under the waiver.
U.S. officials are reviewing extending the waiver beyond the initial 60 days.
QatarEnergy’s Al Qaiyyah LNG tanker arrived at Texas’s Golden Pass plant, whose first train processes 400 million cubic feet per day, half its capacity.