Fundamentals Court case caps Russia’s year of discord
Russia’s Gazprom is unlikely to find 2016 any easier than 2015, as key disputes over supply infrastructure and gas contracts are likely to fester.
Fundamentals China’s gas demand crunch is cause for concern
China’s unexpectedly soft gas demand has changed the dynamics of the global gas market this year, and its potential as a future growth-driver is uncertain.
Texas accepting NGV grant applications
Texas has begun accepting applications for the state’s NGV grant programme aimed at improving air quality, including $37.8 million in emission reduction grants.
23 December 2015Malaysia increases national gas tariff
The government of Malaysia has increased the country’s national gas tariff by 17% for the non-residential non-power sector in in Peninsular Malaysia, effective 1 January 2016, Gas Malaysia announced this week.
23 December 2015KEVR to decide on Bulgarian price cut
Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission will decide this month whether to decrease the price of gas by 2.3% in 2016.
23 December 2015Chinese inventories grow as snow stops deliveries
Producers in northern China continued to build inventories as snow prevented trucked deliveries last week, while ex-works LNG prices from Chinese plants dropped by 1.43%.
23 December 2015
Slowly does it for African LNG projects in 2015
There may have been little progress on the headline LNG export projects in Mozambique and Tanzania this year, but small FLNG and FSRU projects across sub-Saharan Africa are gaining traction.
22 December 2015
US production sky high while prices hit bottom
It was a year of extremes in North America, with record-breaking gas output and rock-bottom prices coupled with massive job losses.
22 December 2015
Latin America’s clouds have a silver lining
Although most of Latin America had a fairly disappointing year, there were nevertheless one or two reasons to be cheerful.
22 December 2015Iran nuclear deal paves way for IOCs
The lifting of sanctions on Iran, Israel’s new gas market framework and regional unrest were the main developments in the Middle East this year.
21 December 2015Falling production is Europe’s biggest problem
Although demand for gas is up in Europe, declining domestic production and flagging shale gas hopes pose a major question: where will the region’s supply come from?
21 December 2015
Aussie LNG threatens to swamp Asian buyers
Australian LNG projects could swamp Asia with LNG if demand does not pick up next year.
21 December 2015US spot prices hit 16-year low
United States spot gas prices hit a 16-year low this week, with the Henry Hub spot price settling at $1.65/MMBtu on Tuesday.
18 December 2015Coal losing market share to gas in power sector
Coal is losing market share to gas in power generation across the world and the trend looks set to continue, research shows.
16 December 2015CNOOC joins pipeline gas traders on the SHPGX
Ex-works LNG prices from Chinese plants fell by 2.21% last week, dragged down by surplus inventories.
16 December 2015US gas futures fall to 14-year low
United States gas futures fell to a 14-year low on Monday as unusually warm December weather saw limited demand for heating fuel.
15 December 2015
Brussels scrap looms over Nord Stream 2
Nord Stream 2 has been forced onto the agenda at the EU leaders’ summit this week, with a decisive split between east and west taking shape.
15 December 2015
Old plants have edge over new – NLNG exec
Nigeria LNG is optimistic about the future of the industry and will have an advantage in the new competitive market, external relations manager Kudo Eresia-Eke tells Interfax.
15 December 2015
Wildcat’s Pick of the Week
Wildcat gives you a head-start on the week and a round-up of what mattered last week.
14 December 2015Indonesia moving away from nuclear power
Indonesia will not use new nuclear energy to meet is power generation targets, the country’s energy minister has said, according to the Jakarta Globe.
14 December 2015Obama hoping to overturn fracking injunction
President Barack Obama’s administration hopes to reverse an injunction by Wyoming’s district court blocking the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) proposed fracking regulations on public and Indian lands.
14 December 2015Lithuanian electricity link inaugurated
Two new electricity interconnections linking Lithuania to Poland and Sweden were officially inaugurated on Monday, the European Commission has said.
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