Natural Gas Daily

• Beijing versus the NIMBYs
  22 May 2013 15:30 GMT
  
  
  Beijing and President Xi Jinping could face rising NIMBYism from Chinese citizens as the country tries to balance environmental interests with increased industrial activity.
• Export rights ban no barrier to Yamal LNG
  22 May 2013 14:05 GMT
  
  
  Management at Yamal LNG, the Arctic project most likely to threaten Gazprom’s export monopoly, say it will not have to win export rights to market LNG abroad, contradicting earlier comments from partners.
• UK needs to reduce red tape to kickstart shale – report
  22 May 2013 14:01 GMT
  

  The UK government needs to ensure shale explorers do not get bogged down by red tape if the country is to make the most of its unconventional gas reserves, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Institute of Directors.

• Planet Gas stocks boosted by Cooper Basin prospects
  22 May 2013 13:49 GMT
  

  The 84% day-on-day rise in the stock price for Aussie minnow Planet Gas is likely the result of an article on the company’s prospects in the South Australian Cooper Basin, where it has reduced its interest in an oil exploration while focusing on filling a looming gas supply/demand gap in the next few years.

• Taipower cool on gas switch for nuclear plant
  22 May 2013 12:50 GMT
  
  
  Squeezed by rigid power tariffs and fuel costs for imported gas, Taipower is hoping it will not lose its much-maligned Longmen nuclear power plant.
• BP delivers gas to UK’s Isle of Grain
  22 May 2013 11:59 GMT
  

  BP will make its first delivery to the UK in more than two years on 30 May, when the LNG Jupiter arrives at the Isle of Grain regasification plant.

• Spanish reloads set for Latin America arrival
  22 May 2013 11:57 GMT
  

  Two cargoes that lifted volumes from Spain will arrive in Latin America this week.

• Mexico secures long-term LNG supply
  22 May 2013 11:56 GMT
  

  Mexico’s state-controlled power company Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) needs just two more cargoes to secure all its LNG capacity until the end of 2014, after awarding nine extra shipments of the fuel.

• Henry Hub exports only competitive under $6.60/MMBtu
  22 May 2013 11:55 GMT
  

  United States LNG exports are only competitive against Asian oil-indexed contracts at under $6.60/MMBtu, Goldman Sachs said on Monday.

• North West Shelf tender attracts Far Eastern buyers
  22 May 2013 11:54 GMT
  

  Woodside Petroleum’s supply tender for two cargoes from its North West Shelf plant is attracting attention from Far Eastern buyers, sources have told Interfax.

• US oila nd gas services companies switch from diesel to CNG
  22 May 2013 11:51 GMT
  

  A number of oil and gas services companies in the United States are replacing diesel fuel with compressed natural gas…

• Moniz expresses LNG export concerns
  22 May 2013 11:50 GMT
  

  New United States Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, sworn into office on Tuesday, expressed concern over future approvals for US companies…

• Australia’s project pipeline shows signs of shrinking
  22 May 2013 11:48 GMT
  

  While LNG, gas and oil projects continue to dominate the list of committed energy and resources developments in Australia, the number of projects at the feasibility stage has dropped over the past six months as a result of delays and cancellations, the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics reported on Wednesday.

• Nigeria LNG outage yet to cause concern
  22 May 2013 11:21 GMT
  

  A decline in exports from Nigeria LNG following last week’s declaration of a force majeure at the facility by operator Shell Petroleum Development Co. is yet to have a sizeable impact on global prices.

• TAP and Nabucco announce latest agreements
  22 May 2013 10:17 GMT
  

  The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline and Nabucco consortiums have each made a strategic announcement over recent days as a decision looms over which of the schemes will receive first gas offtake from the Shah Deniz 2 project in Azerbaijan.