Europe poised for LNG bunker lift-off
A new study suggests stakeholders believe LNG will be the shipping fuel of the future despite a lacklustre investment climate.
20 July 2015
Building Europe’s LNG bunkering backbone
While Gate and Zeebrugge represent Europe’s flagship efforts to create a network of LNG refuelling stations, it is the small regional hubs that will form the backbone of the bunkering infrastructure.
15 July 2015
Norway eyes gas supply’s top prize
Despite cutbacks and arm wrestling with Russia, Norway is well positioned to dominate the European gas market.
8 July 2015
Small is big for Europe’s major LNG operators
Major players in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany are focusing on receiving smaller tankers and distributing the LNG to a larger group of clients on land and at sea.
6 July 2015
Hope for Balkan LNG projects to reach FID
Despite financing woes, LNG projects in Croatia and Romania have been resuscitated by the promise of EU cash injections.
30 June 2015
Europe’s quiet FSRU revolution
Is the success of the Lithuanian FSRU the exception that proves the rule or a sign of things to come?
23 June 2015
Europe’s FSRU projects at a glance
Europe is expanding its floating regasification capacity. Interfax takes a look at the planned and existing FSRU projects across the continent.
22 June 2015
Risk takers look to Ireland as Corrib nears first gas
Delays to Corrib are not expected to deter interest in Ireland's gas fields, as its underexplored Atlantic acreage holds the promise of tantalising rewards.
20 May 2015
Irish players turn to farm-outs to make ends meet
Limited appetite for investment in frontier acreage has forced Ireland’s E&P; players to seek out new partners.
12 May 2015
Ireland calls on the majors for Atlantic offshore
Times are tough for Irish E&P; companies, but lower rig costs, a wide-ranging seismic survey and a new deepwater licensing round might just attract the investment the country needs.
5 May 2015
France still tempted by shale bonanza
Despite France’s ban on hydraulic fracturing, President François Hollande has made it clear he would ‘meet his responsibilities’ if an alternative presented itself. In January, a government investigation reignited the debate.
11 March 2013
Cheap coal and carbon slashing Europe's gas-to-power demand
With coal now cheaper than gas, utility companies are closing CCGT power plants and improving efficiency at those remaining to make them more profitable.
5 February 2013
Irish shale gas could come onstream by 2016
Australia’s Tamboran Resources says it has found enough gas in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to supply both for five years, but it will have to overcome public opposition and administrative hurdles to extract it.
2 July 2012Eurozone crisis: now what for Spanish gas companies?
Europe’s worsening economic situation has cast a shadow over the Spanish gas sector.
20 June 2012
The Basque government’s €1.3 billion ‘bet on gas’
The Basque regional authority wants gas to account for half of Euskadi’s primary energy consumption in 2020, as compared to 42% today, but how does this political goal stack up to economic realities?
11 June 2012Spanish ambition to become ‘transit country for gas’
While the eurozone crisis threatens the very existence of a currency union, Spain’s Enagás is pushing ahead with plans to consolidate the internal energy market.
28 May 2012Swiss looking at how to compensate for CO2 emissions
Switzerland’s commitment to phase out nuclear power by 2034 is presenting a host of technical issues, especially with regards to how CO2 emissions from replacement power plants will be dealt with.
23 May 2012French shale exploration could go ahead despite fracking ban
The law banning hydraulic fracturing in France has led to a handful of shale gas exploration licences being repealed, but in the run up to next month's legislative elections, politicians and environmental groups alike argue that generic exploration licences could provide a back door for shale gas exploration to go ahead.
16 May 2012Water pollution from fracking unlikely in Ireland – report
A report commissioned by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency shows water pollution is unlikely in the case of shale gas extraction, but the incidence of earthquakes and the effects of methane emissions from hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) additives remain unclear.
11 May 2012Hollande seeks an energy policy to please allies
François Hollande’s energy, climate change and environmental policies could, in theory, make or break political alliances, and undermine his relationship with the unions.
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