Highlights Last year saw spike in number of permits issued Drilling efficiencies, DUCs limit need for permitting new wells Houston — Half as many natural gas drilling permits were issued Continue Reading
The launch of a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Canada has finally fired the starting gun on a wave of plan approvals around the world, needed to Continue Reading
The first major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to be approved globally in five years will be built in Canada, but its underlying philosophy appears to be more closely allied Continue Reading
A massive liquefied natural gas export project in Canada has been given the final go-ahead from project partners, LNG Canada said on Tuesday, making it the first major new LNG Continue Reading
Shell and its four partners have agreed to invest in a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas project in western Canada. (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc and its four partners have Continue Reading
The next LNG investment cycle may be primed for a liftoff. Royal Dutch Shell Plc and its partners are set to announce a final investment decision on their C$40 billion Continue Reading
Pointe LNG has asked FERC to begin pre-filing review for an LNG project downriver from New Orleans. New Orleans-based Pointe LNG, LLC reported Monday that it has asked the Federal Continue Reading
Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets have evolved in just a few years, morphing from a somewhat limited supply of the super-cooled fuel as recently as four years ago to Continue Reading
Mr. van Beurden said Tuesday that a consortium led by the Anglo-Dutch energy giant will decide before year-end whether to move forward with a $30 billion, liquefied-natural-gas export terminal in Continue Reading
The NYMEX October gas futures contract jumped 6.1 cents and settled at $3.038/MMBtu Monday on expectation of a demand spike in early October. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & Continue Reading
Shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States to China remain cheaper than other sources despite a 10 percent tariff that was imposed on the cargoes this week Continue Reading
What could the most recent chapter in the ongoing US-China trade dispute mean for the growing US LNG export market? In response to the Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs Continue Reading
The U.S. is increasingly finding itself at odds against not only Beijing as Trump executes a sledge hammer approach to ongoing trade disputes with China, but also with Moscow, a Continue Reading
China plans to slap tariffs on U.S. natural gas exports as trade tensions escalate, a likely setback for the burgeoning energy relationship between the world’s two largest economies. The Asian Continue Reading
Russian state-run gas giant Gazprom and Tokyo-based conglomerate Mitsui & Co. inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on liquefied natural gas (LNG) development last week. The MOU was signed during Continue Reading
President Donald Trump pushed US LNG exports Tuesday as crucial to increasing European energy security during talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda while continuing his attacks on the Nord Stream Continue Reading
The deal ‘continues Cheniere’s commercial momentum and supports our growth plans,’ stated the company’s CEO. Vitol Inc. has signed a liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Continue Reading
Highlights FERC commissioner says market will decide terminals’ fate Project leaders express concern about delays, possibly scrapping some plans Barcelona — A member of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Continue Reading
The United States needs to increase its natural gas exports to Europe to counter Russia’s increasing energy dominance in the region, a top Trump administration official warned. Europe is shifting Continue Reading
It is a matter of common knowledge that energy relations between Russia and China have boomed in the past decade, with all sorts of new infrastructure being built to facilitate Continue Reading
Germany’s gas market is open to all players, a German government spokeswoman said on Monday, after U.S. officials said that U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales to Germany are not Continue Reading
Russia’s Novatek is set to start exporting LNG from its third 5.5 million mt/year train at the Yamal LNG project by the end of 2018, CEO Leonid Mikhelson said late Continue Reading
Many environmentalists are staunchly against the idea that natural gas can act as a bridge fuel to a renewable future. Actor Mark Ruffalo echoed the sentiments of many environmentalists when Continue Reading
Highlights Expansion of condensate production beyond pilot not feasible Deadline stayed as long as LNG project progresses Anchorage, Alaska — Alaska has agreed to extend a key deadline in a Continue Reading
Natural gas production at the Haynesville formation in northwest Louisiana and East Texas has been steadily rising this year to reach its highest level since September 2012. Recovering natural gas Continue Reading
Natural gas, helped by gains in energy efficiency, will dethrone oil as the biggest energy source that the United States uses by the end of this year. That’s according to Continue Reading
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The US appears to have ambitions to dominate the global market for liquefied natural gas with growing exports of gas produced from shale rocks. The volumes are certainly available and Continue Reading
BEIJING (Reuters) – ExxonMobil Corp said on Thursday it has signed a preliminary deal to build a petrochemical complex and invest in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in China, Continue Reading
An S&P Global Platts survey of analysts calls for the US Energy Information Administration to estimate a 60-Bcf build to gas storage stocks. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & Continue Reading
Since the early days of the oil and gas industry, a group of Western companies has dominated the industry. These companies have been named ‘Big Oil’ due to the size Continue Reading
A few months from now, the U.S. will enter the winter heating season with natural gas inventories at their lowest level in years, setting the stage for pricing risks, particularly Continue Reading
Until a decade ago, the prices of natural gas in Europe were tightly linked to oil prices. Back then, gas delivery points and gas markets were highly segmented across Europe, Continue Reading
New pipeline capacity additions on both sides of the border have helped U.S. natural gas pipeline exports to Mexico to jump to their highest level on record in July. American Continue Reading
Europe’s natural gas market is the most bullish it has been in years, as higher-than-expected summer demand and a tighter market drive natural gas price futures to levels last seen Continue Reading
Canada’s gas-rich province of Alberta is looking to recreate the building boom spreading along the U.S. Gulf Coast, where inexpensive natural gas generated billions of dollars in investment by petrochemical Continue Reading
The U.S. energy regulator has approved a request by Cheniere Energy to feed the first gas into its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Corpus Christi, Texas, marking the Continue Reading
U.S. natural gas futures fell 1 percent to a more than one-week low on Thursday after the release of a federal report, which showed a weekly storage build that was Continue Reading
Tough new rules on marine fuel are forcing shipowners to explore liquefied natural gas as a cleaner alternative and ports such as Gibraltar are preparing to offer upgraded refueling facilities Continue Reading
President Donald Trump’s first year in office must have been a pleasant surprise for Chinese President Xi Jinping. A successful state visit in Beijing and an apparent personal chemistry between Continue Reading
When US natural gas futures passed a milestone this month, they did so quietly: volatility fell to the lowest levels since the market’s debut nearly 30 years ago. The event Continue Reading
Cheniere Energy wants to introduce feedgas to the first liquefaction unit at its LNG export facility in Texas as it prepares to begin production before the end of the year. Continue Reading
This winter could be a bleak one for America’s natural gas exporters as the fastest-growing buyer of the fuel threatens to halt purchases amid an escalating trade war. PetroChina, a Continue Reading
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said Europe is ready for liquefied natural gas from the United States if the price is competitive. – If the price is right, Continue Reading
U.S. dry natural gas production should rise to an all-time high of 81.10 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in 2018. Aug 7 (Reuters) – U.S. dry natural gas production Continue Reading
Two weeks ago, it looked as if Canada’s fledgling LNG hopes would finally be resuscitated. Shell’s chief financial officer Jessica Uhl told analysts during the company’s second quarter conference call Continue Reading
A new race to build multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants is gaining momentum after a long hiatus in investments as energy giants sense a widening supply gap within Continue Reading
NYMEX September natural gas futures rose 3.7 cents Friday to settle at $2.853/MMBtu, with the market finding support as supply concerns become more imminent going into winter. Receive daily email Continue Reading
China’s proposed tariffs on U.S. liquefied natural gas and crude oil exports opens a new front in the trade war between the two countries, at a time when the White Continue Reading
China rattled investors in the US LNG export sector when it said Friday it may impose 25% tariffs on American cargoes if President Donald Trump follows through on his threat Continue Reading
