The country's energy minister has said the IRP will be approved in March – and it will need to be if the LNG import tender is to restart in time.
20 February 2019
LNG
Japanese companies need to expand their involvement in LNG export projects to compete as portfolio players.
Supply & Demand
Russian gas flows to China along the Power of Siberia pipeline will begin nearly a month early, at the start of December, but both sides hope to start up even earlier.
EU Energy Policy
Prices for EU carbon allowances have traded lower recently, denting hopes that prices will rise to fuel-switching levels across Europe in the first half of the year.
Energy Minister Péter Kaderják confirms Hungary is working on an interconnector with Serbia but is aiming to receive gas both from Turkish Stream and via Ukraine.
Ukraine imported less gas in 2018 than it did in previous years as a result of better utilisation of storage facilities.
A new capacity auction may boost the prospects for the Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary-Austria pipeline, as well as for proposed projects offshore Romania.
