Gas to Power Iran’s power sector offers challenging pickings
As power demand growth slows in the Middle East, private developers are looking to Iran as a potential frontier market, but several hurdles stand in their path.
Gas to Power Ghana 1000 misses 2015 FID, but on track for 2018 startup
Ghana 1000 will not hit its planned 2015 FID date, but it is in the final stages of negotiating for gas from the Sankofa field and the first phase should still be online by 2018.
Balticconnector study plans agreed
The European Commission, Finland and Estonia signed a €5.43 million agreement this week for a study on the planned Balticconnector project, a bi-directional gas pipeline between the two countries.
23 December 2015TAP awards EPC contracts in Italy
The 882 km Trans-Adriatic Pipeline project has awarded the EPC contract for the pipeline receiving terminal and a contract for 8 km of onshore pipeline in Italy.
23 December 2015Trans-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.
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 2015Guangdong Gas Grid to build 3,200 km of pipelines
Guangdong Gas Grid plans to lay 3,200 km of new trunk lines by 2020 to cover 21 cities in the province.
22 December 2015Engie and Sichuan building gas-fired generation
France’s Engie and Sichuan Energy Investment Distributed Energy Systems have started building a gas-fired distributed generation project in Guang’an city.
22 December 2015FERC approves Southeast Market pipeline
United States energy regulator the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has given its final environmental approval for the planned $3.2 billion interstate Southeast Market Pipelines Project.
21 December 2015CNPC scrambles to restart pipeline after Shenzen landslide
China National Petroleum Corp. will restore operations at a major gas pipeline supplying Hong Kong as soon as possible following a huge landslide in the southern city of Shenzhen.
21 December 2015Uzbekistan puts off pipeline to China
Uzbekistan has postponed the construction of a fourth gas pipeline to China until 2016 because of technical reasons, the country’s national oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz told Interfax.
21 December 2015Fluxys buys Gazprom’s Interconnector UK stake
Fluxys closed a deal on Thursday to buy Gazprom’s 10% stake in Interconnector UK, the owner and operator of the underwater pipeline between the UK and Belgium.
18 December 2015CNPC and Gazprom sign Power of Siberia agreement
Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corp. have signed an agreement in Bejing for the design and construction of the cross-border section of the Power of Siberia pipeline
18 December 2015
From megawatts to ‘nega-watts’ in Iran
Iran needs to improve its lacklustre energy efficiency to free up more gas for exports once sanctions are lifted.
18 December 2015New pipeline brings more gas to Guangxi
CNPC is now supplying gas from Central Asia and Myanmar to 12 of the 13 prefecture-level cities in the region of Guangxi following the launch of a pipeline on 11 December.
17 December 2015Agreement signed on Kyrgyz Central Asia-China Pipeline
China National Petroleum Corp. has signed an investment agreement in Beijing for the Kyrgyzstan section of the fourth Central Asia-China Pipeline, known as Line D.
17 December 2015Gigawatt Mozambique commissions power plant
Independent power producer Gigawatt Mozambique has successfully commissioned its 100 MW gas-fired power station at Ressano Garcia.
16 December 2015
Shanghai’s gas power projects fizzle over costs
After rapid expansion in recent years, Shanghai’s gas-fired distributed generation sector is battling under-utilisation and weak margins.
16 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 2015Gazprom planning major regional infrastructure boost
Gazprom is planning to spend more than RUB 40 billion in 2016 on connecting Russia’s regions to the gas network, Viktor Zubkov, chairman of the board of directors, has said.
15 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.
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