Canadian NGLs boom as LNG faces headwinds
Canada is boosting its output of NGLs as domestic and export demand surges, but the country’s proposed LNG projects are seeing slow progress despite FID being taken for the LNG Canada development.
15 August 2019
Skills gap challenges oil and gas majors
Companies are finding it difficult to recruit high-powered graduates with the right skills to meet the challenges of the energy transition.
7 August 2019
More US LNG for Europe, but will it last?
EU countries received record levels of US LNG in March, but flows are likely to slow in the winter as the spread widens between Asian spot and European hub prices.
1 August 2019
More US LNG projects hit commissioning stage
Three trains at three US LNG export projects have been commissioned in recent months, continuing the rise in the country's liquefaction capacity.
25 July 2019
Oil-indexed gas pricing faces North Sea shake-up
Outages on the Forties Pipeline System can have a big impact on gas and LNG pricing because of its role in transporting a crude used in the Brent benchmark, pricing of which is also facing significant changes.
19 July 2019
Diversification is key for LNG pricing
Liquidity in the LNG market is low compared with that in the oil market, but there are signs that pricing structures for LNG are becoming increasingly diverse.
20 June 2019
Texas and California may face electricity generation challenges this summer
Low reserve margins and ramping issues may result in emergency alerts in Texas and storage withdrawals in California over the summer.
19 June 2019
LNG demand growth by 2025 may disappoint
Interfax Chief Energy Analyst Peter Stewart spoke about LNG demand growth in Asia and the impact of Asian demand on European supply at Flame on Monday. Interfax was a Bronze sponsor of the conference.
15 May 2019
Argentina’s LNG export dreams under pressure
The Latin American country is facing up to the cold, hard light of reality regarding its ambition to become an LNG exporter.
17 April 2019
Gas set for tentative comeback in Germany
The country’s plans to phase out coal-fired power are set to benefit gas, as carbon prices have given the most-efficient gas plants higher profit margins.
3 April 2019
Novatek moots Saudi stake in Arctic LNG 2
One of the hottest countries in the world looks poised to make a huge LNG investment in one of the world’s coldest regions.
20 March 2019
EIA report suggests US is moving to lower-carbon power mix
Coal is losing ground in US electricity generation while gas and renewables are gaining, according to new data.
5 March 2019
British Columbia service plan identifies five key gas projects
The province’s Oil and Gas Commission has named five major gas projects for the period between 2019 and 2022.
27 February 2019
Qatar and Saudi Arabia shop abroad for gas
Geopolitical rivals Qatar and Saudi Arabia have embarked on an aggressive drive to expand their international gas supply networks.
21 February 2019
Renewables and gas to dominate US power sector
The US is set to see a big change in the fuels it consumes to generate power, with gas and renewables making gains at the expense of coal and nuclear, the EIA says.
5 February 2019
Shale growth will transform US gas flows
Flows are set to change dramatically in response to continued growth in shale gas production, the EIA says.
31 January 2019
Investment needed to sustain Europe’s gas output
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 2019
Norway looks to Barents Sea to sustain production
The development of oil and gas resources in the Barents Sea will be vital for Norway to maintain its output.
23 January 2019
Oil prices may be key for Canadian LNG FIDs
Rising oil prices will be beneficial for Canadian LNG projects because of the boost they will provide to NGL prices, but upstream costs could still be pushed up by domestic factors.
17 January 2019
Oil prices upbeat in new year after further gains
Prices have risen by about 9% since the start of the year and are likely to climb further in 2019 as the OPEC-plus group cuts output and sanctions bite against Iran.
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