Gas Prices Languish As Storage Falls To Near-Record Lows
The natural gas market appears to have lost a sense of scale for storage volumes. Prices languish while last week’s EIA figure for gas in storage at the end of Continue Reading
Volkswagen first to use LNG for overseas car freighters from January 2020; MAN dual-fuel engines
Volkswagen Group Logistics is the first to use two car freighters powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) in overseas traffic. The two charter ships of Siem Car Carriers were launched Continue Reading
New construction natural gas ban trend appears on East Coast
Brookline, Massachusetts, is latest battleground Vote on measure could be bellwether for support in East Houston — Lawmakers in a Boston suburb are set to vote to ban natural gas Continue Reading
Anti-Fracking Protests Turn Violent In The UK
UK police have been accused of sexually assaulting female anti-fracking protesters, including groping and exposing their their breasts while placing them under arrest, reports The Guardian . “I’ve seen women Continue Reading
Why Europe Won’t Give Up Russian Gas
Amidst the excitement over the killing of the ISIS chief Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, a development of much impact on international security passed by when Denmark made the innocuous announcement on Continue Reading
UK shale gas industry vows to continue efforts to prove safety
The UK shale gas industry has vowed to continue efforts to prove it can operate safely despite the UK government introducing a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing — Continue Reading
The Next Natural Gas Superpower
Following the temporary withdrawal of China from Phase 11 of Iran’s supergiant South Pars gas field due to the political backlash that the deal – and related deals – engendered, Continue Reading
Why the UK government finally gave up on fracking. And why American shale drilling will crash.
After years of dogged support for fracked shale gas and oil, at the expense of clean energy, the Conservatives finally gave in today. This is a significant victory for environmentalists. Continue Reading
In seismic shift, Britain orders immediate moratorium on fracking
Britain will impose an immediate moratorium on fracking, the government announced on Saturday, saying the controversial gas extraction technique risked causing too much disruption to local communities through earth tremors. Continue Reading
NYMEX natural gas inches lower after higher than expected storage build report
The NYMEX front-month natural gas contract settled 4.80 cents lower in Thursday trading after the storage build report announced by the US Energy Information Administration was higher than expected. The Continue Reading