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.
TransCanada wins Mexican pipeline tender
TransCanada has won a tender to build, own and operate a $500 million gas pipeline in Mexico to help meet the country’s gas demand.
12 November 2015Amy Darya pipeline pumps 10 bcm this year
China National Petroleum Corp.’s Amu Darya pipeline project in Turkmenistan has pumped 10.1 billion cubic metres to the Central Asia-China Pipeline network so far this year.
12 November 2015
Abe attempts to crack Central Asia
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s tour of Central Asia brought in a number of energy deals, but experts expect Japan to face challenges in moving from these announcements to commercial reality.
12 November 2015
Turkmenistan pushes TAPI forward but doubts remain
Turkmenistan is eager to start building its segment of the TAPI gas pipeline, but it is unclear how far the scheme can progress.
11 November 2015Israel planning industrial gas link-up
Israel plans to connect 450 businesses to gas by 2020 and to increase the number of gas-fired power plants.
10 November 2015Green light for Changzhou gas-fired power plant
Jiangsu’s provincial energy administration has given China Datang the go-ahead to build a gas-fired power plant in the city of Changzhou.
10 November 2015Solar power developers under pressure in Egypt
Companies have only days to commit to developing solar power facilities at Benban, despite some uncertainty over the terms of the agreement.
10 November 2015Exports to Italy support North African growth
North African pipeline exports to Europe rose by 2.1% week on week in Week 45, to 654.5 MMcm, driven by Italian imports.
10 November 2015Russia and Pakistan sign pipeline agreement
Russia’s energy minister and Pakistan’s minister for petroleum and natural resources have signed an agreement to build a $2 billion, 1,100 km pipeline between Port Qasim and Lahore.
9 November 2015Turkmenistan to start TAPI work in December
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has signed a decree to begin construction of the Turkmen section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline in December.
9 November 2015Williams Partners wins Gulf Trace expansion approval
Williams Partners and Williams, has received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to expand the Gulf Trace pipeline to serve Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass project.
6 November 2015Ukraine’s PM voices concern about Nord Stream 2
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is concerned about the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.
6 November 2015Inpex completes offshore Ichthys pipelaying
Japanese energy company Inpex has completed offshore pipelaying for the 890 km, 42-inch diameter gas export pipeline for its Ichthys LNG project in Australia.
5 November 2015Teberda-Dombai pipeline to be completed next year
Gazprom will complete the construction of the second stage of the Teberda-Dombai gas pipeline in the Karachaevsky district of Karachay-Cherkessia in 2016.
5 November 2015Shanxi Provincial Guoxin to build 1,400 km of pipelines
Shanxi Provincial Guoxin Energy Development, a major gas distributor in Shanxi, has said it will invest RMB 23.48 billion to build 17 intra-provincial gas pipelines.
4 November 2015CNPC brings new pipeline spur online
China National Petroleum Corp. put the Longxi spur of the Zhongwei-Guiyang gas pipeline into operation last Friday.
4 November 2015Saudi Arabia to rent more temporary generators
Saudi Arabia will rent more power generation units over the next six years, according to a forecast by 6Wresearch.
4 November 2015LNG could hedge South Africa’s nuclear bet
Expanding South Africa’s gas-fired IPP programme could be an important insurance policy for the government, should its nuclear programme be delayed or downsized.
4 November 2015Chinese pipeline gas sales increase
Sinopec and PetroChina sold a combined 170 MMcm of pipeline gas from the Shandong pipeline network and the West-East Pipeline network between 26-30 October, up from 155 MMcm the previous week.
4 November 2015Ukraine Gazprom probe on track
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine plans to finish an investigation into the transit activities of Russia’s Gazprom over the coming months, according to head of the committee, Yuriy Terentyev.
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