The US state of California, which has always rejected large-scale LNG imports or transfers, is now the centre of a major natural gas, power and water crisis blamed on planning policies dictated over the years by environmental activists.
Free ReadSound Energy, the UK company with natural gas assets in Morocco and an LNG production proposal, has reported progress on several fronts, including sales, finance and engineering. The company is planning to develop a micro-LNG plant for the Tendrara 5-Horst gas well in its Tendrara production concession in eastern Morocco,…
Angola, the southwest African LNG producer and holder for 2021 of the current rotating Presidency of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has conducted a successful oil and gas bidding round and on September 23 will name concession winners.
The US Department of Energy has just published its latest liquefied natural gas monthly export data showing rising prices for the six plants and with China and Brazil being the top destinations, while the number of receiving nations increased to 40 as the Central American state of Nicaragua joined the…
Free ReadJapanese liquefied natural gas imports increased for a fourth straight month while prices jumped almost 90 percent year-on-year, though imports of thermal coal surpassed LNG, surging 34.5 percent last month to meet higher power demands. The August 2021 LNG shipments amounted to 6.29MT, or around 90 cargoes, which was 7.8…
Shipbrokers in the London market reported a move to more charter activity in September as August had seen the LNG market feel very subdued on a prompt basis with notably fewer spot fixtures than in the previous month.
Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export project has filed its monthly construction report to regulators showing substantial progress as the facility aims to be the next large US LNG export plant to start commercial operations by around the fourth quarter of 2022.
Grupo HAM of Spain, the European Union liquefied natural gas filling station network owner, has completed a project to bring the South American nation of Chile its first LNG fuel station after previously opening a facility in Peru.
Egyptian commitment to exporting surplus natural gas from the domestic market as LNG from the plants at Damietta and Idku, east of Alexandria, may be affected in the future by deliveries to former gas markets in Lebanon and Syria via Jordan.
China Coal Energy, the largest Chinese coal mining and coal-fired generating company, posted rising revenues, profits and sales with the earnings giving an illustration of the Asian nation’s continued use of the most polluting energy source and its future potential for more LNG and gas use.