Will China Repeat Last Year’s LNG Import Surge?
Ever since China overtook South Korea as the world’s second-largest importer of LNG last year, traders have been keeping a very close eye on any development that might suggest whether Continue Reading
Choke points could emerge to inhibit global LNG trade expansion in 2018
As the market embarks on a second year of record level LNG supply from the Atlantic Basin and strong competition from Asia for those volumes, a potential choke point is Continue Reading
Alaska’s LNG project inching toward reality
A liquefied natural gas project in Alaska could be operating by 2024 because of the quick pace of meeting regulatory requirements, the developer said. An LNG project in the design Continue Reading
China set to top Japan as world’s biggest natural gas importer
Beijing’s crackdown on pollution has put China on track to overtake Japan this year as the world’s biggest importer of natural gas, used to replace dirtier coal. China – already Continue Reading
China’s LNG imports hit monthly record in November amid gas supply crunch
China’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) jumped to a monthly record in November as residential and industrial demand surged in line with Beijing’s drive to promote use of gas Continue Reading
CNOOC rents trucks to transport LNG cross-country
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) has rented a convoy of 100 trucks to transport LNG from its main receiving terminals in southern China to alleviate gas shortages in the Continue Reading
Latin America is growing market for US LNG exports, conference told
Despite the Asia-Pacific region’s strong potential demand, Latin America is becoming a steadily growing market for US LNG exports, speakers at a Washington conference indicated. “The trillion dollar question in Continue Reading
Russia Wins in Arctic After U.S. Fails to Kill Giant Gas Project
Sanctions created ‘deadlock’ for Yamal LNG, says Total Novatek plans new projects to challenge Qatar for scale Building the $27 billion Yamal liquefied natural gas project meant shipping more than Continue Reading
Panama Canal Can’t Handle U.S. LNG Boom
The International Energy Agency recently predicted that the United States could become the world’s top LNG exporter within ten years. This prediction, however, is far from a certain one. The Continue Reading
Russia Aims To Challenge Qatar LNG Dominance
Vladimir Putin officially launched on Friday the Yamal LNG project in the Arctic—Russia’s second LNG plant and its push to challenge the dominance of Qatar and Australia, and the U.S. Continue Reading