Production & Consumption

China switches gas policy from supply to demand

Boosting consumption will be Beijing’s main near-term policy goal for gas, marking a shift in focus from building up supply security over recent years.

Imports

Iran’s neighbours prepare for end of sanctions

The GCC states are getting ready for the opportunities and challenges that will arise once the sanctions against Iran are lifted.

Bolivia’s Margarita-Huacaya gas block increases production

Production from Bolivia’s Margarita-Huacaya gas block has increased from 18 million cubic metres per day (MMcm/d) in May to 19 MMcm/d in November.

20 November 2015

Ukraine may get World Bank funding for winter gas

The World Bank Group’s International Financial Corp. may allocate a one-year trade finance facility of up to $200 million to cover gas imports to Ukraine for winter 2015-2016.

20 November 2015

Sakhalin production up by 15.5%

The Sakhalin region produced 13.8 mt of oil in the first 10 months of 2015, 15.5% more year on year, the regional government’s press service said.

20 November 2015

Shah Deniz exports up year on year

Gas exports from Phase 1 of Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz project grew by 1.1% year on year between January and October 2015, to 5.36 billion cubic metres.

20 November 2015

UK plans domestic gas production boost

The UK imported 45% of its gas in 2014 and plans to increase domestic production to minimise the loss of gas-related jobs, tax revenue and investment.

20 November 2015

US LNG can compete with European spot markets

Experts predict that US LNG exports to Europe will still be able to generate a healthy profit even if global gas prices stay low.

19 November 2015

Price dispute limits Russian gas exports to Turkey

Gazprom is missing out on rising gas demand in Turkey, with exports to the country falling by 2.6% in Q3 and 6% for the first nine months of 2015.

19 November 2015

Chinese gas consumption expected to grow by 5-6%

China’s gas consumption will grow by 5-6% year on year in 2015, the National Energy Administration’s Deputy Director Zhang Yuqing said.

18 November 2015

Ukraine asks IMF for gas tariff leeway

Ukraine is slowly pushing ahead with the liberalisation of its gas industry, but the hardest choices are yet to come.

18 November 2015
Cheniere’s long-term contracts are expected to cover 5% of the total European gas market. (Cheniere Energy)

Europe struggling to fill gas supply gap – EAGC

As European politicians focus on ways to cut fossil fuel use in advance of COP21, upstream gas producers are casting further doubts over regional supply security.

18 November 2015
Aung San Suu Kyi attends a session at the Burmese parliament following her party’s election victory. (PA)

NLD victory gives hope to Myanmar’s gas players

The results of Myanmar’s elections are a good sign for the future of the country’s gas industry, but exports will have to be balanced against the needs of the home market.

18 November 2015

Cheap gas is a threat to coal, says US bank

Relatively low gas prices and government policies that favour renewables may see coal demand continue to fall in the Atlantic market.

18 November 2015
Statoil’s Troll A platform in the North Sea. Norwegian production could decline more quickly than expected. (Øyvind Hagen/Statoil)

Europe’s gas production to fall 43% by 2030

The output from key producers Norway, the UK and the Netherlands could drop more quickly than previously thought as a result of the global oil price crash.

17 November 2015

Italy’s Algerian import volumes slump

Flows through the Trans-Mediterranean pipeline from Algeria to Italy topped 30 MMcm/d at the beginning of the week, but had slumped to around half this level by the end.

17 November 2015

Jordan and Egypt to receive Iraqi oil and gas

Jordan and Egypt have signed a memorandum of understanding to receive crude oil and gas from Iraq.

16 November 2015

Details of Shell Energy Europe's Gazprom suit revealed

More details have emerged regarding the Shell Energy Europe’s arbitration suit against Gazprom.

16 November 2015

Gazprom and CNPC to discuss Western Route again this year

Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corp. have planned another round of negotiations before the end of the year to discuss Russian gas deliveries along the Western Route.

16 November 2015

US gas consumption increasing

United States gas consumption for the week ending 4 November increased by 5% from a week earlier, the Energy Information Administration reported.

13 November 2015

Jingbian gas field production hits 80 bcm

China National Petroleum Corp.’s Jingbian gas field in the centre of the Ordos Basin has produced more than 80 billion cubic metres to date.

13 November 2015

Shaanxi capital to consume 1.6 bcm

Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi province, is expected to consume 1.6 billion cubic metres this year.

13 November 2015

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