Any European industries that would be killed by gas imports running at $6/MBtu died years ago. As recently as 2013, imported gas prices peaked over $12 and spen

Any European industries that would be killed by gas imports running at $6/MBtu died years ago. As recently as 2013, imported gas prices peaked over $12 and spent the whole year above $11: https://ycharts.com/indicators/europe_natural_gas_price https://ycharts.com/indicators/europe_natural_gas_price Of course no industry is going to voluntarily pay more for fuel than it must. If gas imports from the US to Europe stay around $6, there is little direct benefit at present, but it provides competition to ensure that import prices won't rise to such high levels again.