Declining gas output in Europe and Algeria will further boost Europe’s dependence on imported LNG and pipeline gas from countries such as Russia as early as 2023 unless greater upstream investment is made.
23 January 2019Saudi Arabia’s growing cooperation with Russia on oil production will help speed up the kingdom’s plans to invest in LNG.
19 December 2018Cargoes from liquefaction plants on Canada’s west coast could reach Northeast Asia in 8-9 days compared with 20 days for those from the US Gulf Coast, giving Canadian LNG a significant market advantage.
22 November 2018Global Gas Analytics highlights the essential events and forces at work in the global market over the coming gas year.
17 October 2018Exchanges in the US and the UK are developing indexes to help traders balance risks when buying LNG, but the state of the global market is making this difficult.
22 August 2018A deal on the legal status of the Caspian Sea could have profound implications for gas and LNG flows to both east and west.
18 July 2018The start of exports from Shell’s Prelude FLNG vessel is in sight, but the jury is out on whether it will set a blueprint for other projects or be considered an expensive experiment.
20 June 2018The launch of the Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline and other routes could mean Europe’s demand for LNG will drop.
25 May 2018As tensions ratchet up over Syria and other pressure points, it looks more likely the US will attempt to reimpose sanctions on Iran.
18 April 2018Growth in global LPG output in recent years – led by the US – could see the fuel provide an alternative to LNG in the power and industrial sectors.
21 March 2018China’s ever-increasing demand for LNG is good news for US exporters of the fuel.
22 February 2018Oil and gas markets became more volatile ahead of the winter peak demand period following a series of supply outages and the latest OPEC decision to extend oil output cuts.
20 December 2017The Joint Organisations Data Initiative is still considering adding statistics on coal fundamentals to the datasets it distributes, but delegates at JODI’s biannual conference were told that limited resources remain a constraint.
26 October 2017Global Gas Analytics highlights the issues that will set the agenda for the 2017-2018 gas year.
20 October 2017Tensions between the US and China are being stoked further as the two clash over how to respond to North Korea’s nuclear threats.
21 September 2017The diplomatic tensions in Northeast Asia are having an effect on the coal market and could also disrupt the flow of other fuels.
11 September 2017The Panama Canal will become increasingly critical for the global LNG trade as US liquefaction plants ramp up production towards the end of the decade.
16 August 2017Iran issued a challenge to its Arab Gulf neighbours by saying it will dramatically boost oil and gas production and exports by 2021.
24 July 2017Despite a switch to gas in power, China will need a quantum leap in renewables to meet its COP21 targets. The latest REN21 report suggests that this transition is under way despite a drop in investment in 2016.
6 July 2017Peter Stewart took part in a session on ‘The Coming Revolution in Hyper-smart Power Systems’ at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
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