Supply & Demand Trans-Med leads drop in NA pipeline exports
North African pipeline export volumes into Europe fell by just 2% week on week in Week 51, led by an 8.9% drop in volumes via the Trans-Med pipeline from Algeria to Italy.
LNG Chinese 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%.
Asian LNG prices dragged down by cheap crude
Asian spot LNG prices declined by 1.99% last week from the previous week, as a result of crude oil prices falling to their lowest level in more than a decade.
23 December 2015Ukraine toughening up on gas supply security
Ukraine’s role as a transit state for Russian gas may be declining, but there are signs resilience is being built into its gas system as it shifts focus to European suppliers.
17 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 2015Africa-Europe pipeline volumes holding steady
North African pipeline exports to Europe were almost unchanged in Week 50 compared with the previous week, at 599.1 MMcm.
15 December 2015Chinese LNG output capacity hits 79.5 MMcm/d
China has 147 LNG plants after a new facility went online in Ningxia last week, increasing the country's overall capacity to 79.5 MMcm/d.
15 December 2015Latin America’s winners and losers
Argentina and Chile are the most obvious ‘winners’ from the oil price rout in Latin America and the Caribbean.
14 December 2015Ukraine is the only worry in EU’s winter outlook
The gas supply situation in Europe looks mostly comfortable for this winter, assuming there is no disruption of gas transit through Ukraine, says ENTSO-G.
14 December 2015US nuclear capacity to keep rising to 2020
Nuclear power generation capacity in the US is expected to see net growth between now and 2020, despite the low oil and gas prices.
10 December 2015Japan’s LNG imports slide in October
Japan’s LNG imports fell in October, making it look increasingly unlikely overall demand will exceed last year's total.
10 December 2015Renewables to fill EU supply gap this winter
The expansion of renewable power generation in Europe will make up for lost capacity from decommissioned fossil fuel plants this winter, according to ENTSO-E.
9 December 2015Chinese LNG prices down as supply increases
Wholesale LNG prices from Chinese plants dropped last week as more plants resumed production following November’s gas price cut.
9 December 2015Italian volumes drag down North African imports
North African pipeline exports to Europe fell by 2.3% in Week 50 from a week earlier, led by a drop in Italian imports.
8 December 2015Latin America’s LNG bill down 25% in 2015
Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile are on course to save around 25% on their LNG spending in 2015, despite importing almost unchanged volumes.
8 December 2015Asian spot LNG prices fall on weak demand
Weak demand and oversupply caused the price of Asian spot LNG cargoes to fall to $7.69/MMBtu on 4 December, down by 1.17% from 30 November and 21% from a year ago.
8 December 2015United States gas reserves up 9.8% – EIA
Proven gas reserves in the United States increased by 985 billion cubic metres in 2014 from a year earlier, to 11 trillion cubic metres, the EIA says.
7 December 2015UK gas production continues to rise
UK gas production increased by 9% year on year between July and September, to 9.2 bcm, according to data from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
4 December 2015Indonesia’s LNG imports soar in October
Indonesia imported 63% more LNG in October on an annual basis, according to figures published by Statistics Indonesia.
3 December 2015Citygate cut prompts drop in China sales prices
Wholesale LNG prices in China fell by 2.79% last week from the previous week as producers cut quoted prices to deal with a supply glut.
2 December 2015EU residential gas prices up despite wholesale fall
Household prices for gas and electricity in the EU continued to rise in 2014, despite a fall in wholesale prices, according to a market monitoring report.
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