LNG 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.
Supply & Demand Ukrainian gas market reform on track – TrailStone
Sandra Rosignoli and Ante Pogagic from TrailStone speak to Interfax about Ukraine, where the US-based company was one of the first private firms picked to sell gas to consumers following market reforms.
How the EU Parliament became a legislative powerhouse
Neill Nugent, emeritus professor of politics and Jean Monnet professor of European integration at Manchester Metropolitan University, tells Interfax how the European Parliament influences energy and climate policy.
24 April 2014Powering Africa: a long endeavour
Sean Long, chief executive of Endeavor Energy, speaks to Interfax about the company’s latest investments in Africa, and developing the first LNG-to-power project in an emerging market
23 April 2014Samsung C&T; looks beyond Singapore LNG
After completing EPC work on the Singapore LNG terminal, Samsung C&T; has plans to move into other markets, Executive Vice President for Gas and Mining Kun Kim tells Interfax.
17 April 2014Developing Australia’s first NGVs
Australian gas and electricity utility AGL Energy has recently unveiled a plan to roll out CNG refuelling stations around Melbourne. Interfax speaks to Marc Barrington, the company’s head of energy services, about the project.
16 April 2014UK will be litmus test for European NGVs
Chris Le Fevre, senior visiting research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, spoke to Interfax at the LNG and CNG for transport forum in London about the prospects for gas as a transport fuel in Europe
10 April 2014Little progress on Russia’s eastern promise
With pressure mounting on Russia to gain access to Asian markets, Jonathan Stern, from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, talks to Interfax about the unrealised ambitions of Russia’s eastern gas strategy
2 April 2014Global LNG demand holds firm
Domenico Dispenza, president of the International Group of LNG Importers and former chief operating officer of Eni’s gas and power division, speaks to Interfax about the group’s new report on global LNG imports for 2013.
31 March 2014Repeat of 2009 gas crisis cannot be dismissed – Czech minister
Jan Mládek, Czech minister of trade and industry, has told Interfax a repeat of the 2009 Ukrainian gas supply crisis cannot be ruled out and that the EU must think harder about diversifying supplies away from Russia.
27 March 2014Gas needs negative developments in coal – E.On
Interfax spoke to Dr. Leonhard Birnbaum, member of the board of management for markets and services at E.On, about the energy balance in Europe and gas’s place in it.
18 March 2014Onshore LNG should be priority in Moz – INP
Interfax speaks to Arsenio Mabote, chairman of Mozambique’s upstream regulator INP, about the progress of LNG project taxation laws, marketing and the misalignment between Eni and Maputo’s vision for LNG in Mozambique.
7 March 2014Changes afoot in Indonesia’s gas sector
Widhyawan Prawiraatmadja, deputy chairman for commercial management at Indonesia’s upstream oil and gas regulator SKKMigas, speaks to Interfax about the country’s challenges in meeting its growing demand for gas.
4 March 2014US and Russia to vie for LNG dominance
Noel Tomnay is head of Wood Mackenzie’s global gas team. He spoke to Interfax about global LNG dynamics and gave his thoughts on which players are set to dominate the rapidly growing market.
3 March 2014
Supply & Demand
Chile’s Mejillones terminal eyes expansion
Jean-Michel Cabanes, the chief executive of terminal operator GNL Mejillones – which is 63% owned by GDF Suez and 37% owned by Chilean state mining company Codelco – shares his ambitions for the terminal.
21 February 2014First-mover advantage in US LNG – EY’s Nijoka
Dale Nijoka is oil and gas sector leader at professional services firm EY. Interfax spoke to the Houston-based executive at London’s International Petroleum Week about some of the major issues facing large oil and gas companies.
19 February 2014
Supply & Demand
China pushes west in search of new Silk Road
Yo-Jung Chen, a former French diplomat and now an analyst based in Tokyo, talks to Interfax about how China’s growing energy demand is driving the country westwards in search of new supply routes fo
17 February 2014Why the Energy Charter Treaty still matters
Slovakia-born Urban Rusnák is the Secretary General of the Brussels-based Energy Charter Secretariat. In this interview he explains the role of the Energy Charter Treaty in protecting foreign investo
13 February 2014Impact of US shale gas echoes around Gulf
Justin Dargin, energy and Middle East scholar at the University of Oxford, talks about how the advent of cheap shale gas in the US poses a long-term threat to the economic strategies of the major Gulf economies.
12 February 2014Europe should see shale evolution, not revolution
Andreas Goldthau, Marie Curie Scholar at Harvard University’s Geopolitics of Energy project, gives Interfax a state-of-play analysis on some of the key issues facing Europe’s gas supply future.
4 February 2014Future of LNG indexation undecided – JOGMEC
Hidehiro Muramatsu, the manager of Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp.’s Washington office, talks to Interfax about Japan’s search for LNG supplies.
24 January 2014The big ambitions of a small island
Disappointing results at the Aphrodite field last year have forced Cyprus to rethink its LNG export plans. But, as Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis discusses with Interfax, the question is not if gas will be exported, but when and how.
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