News/Analysis
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Vancouver Policies Amount to 'Ban on Natural Gas'
A new study by Resource Works suggests that three City of Vancouver policies, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, amount to a de facto ban on natural gas, and could…
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High Tariffs Could 'Gum Up Europe's Access to LNG'
High tariffs and missing links in central and eastern Europe's gas grid may prevent the region from benefiting from the LNG glut, according to a gathering of gas experts this…
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Novak Promotes Russian Firms on Morocco Trip
Russian energy minister Alexander Novak has pitched his country's interest in a major, but deferred, multi-billion dollar tender in Morocco. Moroccan state power and water…
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Polish LNG Terminal Expansion 'Complete by 2021'
Polish gas grid operator Gaz-System said this week it has recommended to subsidiary Polskie LNG that it expand its Swinoujscie LNG import terminal on Poland’s Baltic coast;…
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Second Topsides Installed on Shah Deniz Platform
The BP-led Shah Deniz consortium said that installation of the second topside of its offshore production platform in the Caspian Sea has been completed. Installation of the first…
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Angola LNG Inks 3rd Sales Deal in a Month
Angola LNG has signed its third LNG sales agreement this month, this time to commodity trader and mining group Glencore. Under this latest multi-year sales agreement, announced…
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[Premium] Asia Holds Aces for LNG Oversupply, Singapore Conference is Told
Gas demand could grow rapidly in Asia as it becomes cheaper, with the generally-shared view that until 2024 there will be more sellers than buyers, delegates heard at the CWC LNG…
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LNG to Fuel Majors' Emissions Growth: WoodMac
Carbon emissions from fields owned by 25 oil and gas ‘majors’ are forecast to increase by 17% in the ten years to 2025, against only a 15% rise in their production,…
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Norway's Aker To Help Boost Troll Output
Norwegian contractor Aker Solutions won a contract from Statoil to design and engineer a module that will increase output from the giant Troll gas field. The order is…
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Nigeria LNG Goes Digital to Cut Shipping Costs
Baker Hughes, a GE company, said September 20 it has agreed to provide Nigeria LNG with Asset Performance Management software and services. The deal marks the first such 'APM'…
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Golar LNG Appoints New CEO
Specialist LNG shipowner and project developer Golar LNG has changed its CEO for the second time in 16 months, announcing Iain Ross has been appointed with immediate effect…
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[NGW Magazine] Lower Gas Prices Vital for Survival
This article is featured in NGW Magazine Volume 2, Issue 17 By Charles Ellinas Gas producers need to be careful not to exploit their customers or they will exhaust their…
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China's LNG Demand the 'Great Unknown'
China's LNG import demand so far this year has been a lot higher than expected, with increases of 150% or more on the same month of 2016, according to official statistics. …
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Australian Strike Energy Raises A$9.1mn for Upstream
Australian Strike Energy has raised A$9.1mn ($7.3mn) via share placement to fund the Jaws‐1 appraisal program planned for its Southern Cooper Basin Gas Project in PEL96 in…
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Naftogaz CEO: Four Steps Needed to Bring Reforms Back on Track
Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolyev suggested four actions September 20 to remedy possible "disruption in the supervisory board's work may complicate the group's access to funding for…
