Natural Gas Policy and Regulation

The consolidation of Shinzo Abe’s rule with a victory in the upper house election could mean power reform is on the horizon.
Latest Policy and Regulation News
- Henry Hub prices leap on lacklustre US storage injections
- New Zealand prepares for new gas spot markets
- Heatwave boosts northwest European demand
- CEE TSOs agree on power-market expansion
- India expected to raise subsidies following gas price hike
- Argentina offers $1.5 billion in energy incentives to investors
- Rudd plots Labor revival with early start to Aussie ETS

UK gas prices could fall by 28% by 2030 if shale production in the UK and continental Europe is significant over the coming decades, according to a report prepared for the UK’s DECC by Navigant Consulting.

Shale gas has emerged as a bright spot in US-China diplomacy, as evidenced by the fifth Strategic and Economic Dialogue last week, where the two countries agreed initiatives over the unconventional fuel.

Sauat Mynbayev’s move from the Kazakh Oil and Gas Ministry to state hydrocarbons company Kazmunaigas shows up a shortage of skilled people on the Kazakh energy pile and points to the vying of political factions.