Argentina’s state-run energy firm YPF expects to take together with its foreign partners the final investment decision for the $20-billion Argentina LNG project in the middle of 2026, YPF’s chief executive Horacio Marin told Reuters on Thursday. YPF, Italy’s Eni, and XRG, the new energy investment company of Abu Dhabi’s …
Read More »EU Agrees to End Russian Gas Imports by 2027
The European Council and the European Parliament have agreed on a provisional deal to phase out Russian natural gas imports by 2027. “The regulation introduces a legally binding, stepwise prohibition on both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and pipeline gas imports from Russia, with a full ban from the end of …
Read More »Iraq’s Largest Gas Field Resumes Operations after Drone Attack
Iraq’s Khor Mor gas field, the country’s largest non-associated gas field, has resumed operations after it shut down following a recent drone attack. Last week, a rocket struck a storage tank at the Khor Mor site, stopping production and triggering widespread power outages. The drone attack was one of the …
Read More »U.S. LNG Exports Set to Surge 40% as Europe Buys Record Volumes
Exports of liquefied natural gas from the United States are on track to book a 40% annual increase this month, hitting 10.7 million tons, projections from Kpler have shown, as cited by Bloomberg. An ample supply of liquefied gas has already pushed natural gas prices down in Europe, with prices …
Read More »LNG Shipping Rates Surge to Two-Year High as U.S. Exports Soar
Spot charter rates to hire an LNG tanker on the U.S. to Europe route have jumped to their highest level in nearly two years as soaring American exports tighten the Atlantic LNG vessels market. The spot charter rate for a tanker to ship LNG from the U.S. to Europe surged …
Read More »European Gas Prices Hit Lowest Point since May 2024
European benchmark natural gas prices slipped below the key threshold of 30 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh) on Monday, for the first time in a year and a half, amid strong LNG flows, milder temperatures, and negotiations about the end of the war in Ukraine. Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, the …
Read More »Steep Discounts Help Russia Move Stranded Arctic LNG
Russian Novatek, the owner and operator of Arctic LNG and Arctic LNG 2, is offering steep discounts to Chinese buyers of energy commodities to move its gas, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources. According to these sources, the Russian company has slashed prices by between 30% and 40% since August …
Read More »Syria’s Gas Gambit Brings ConocoPhillips Back into Play
Syria has just put a big Western flag in its gas patch. The state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with ConocoPhillips and U.S.-based Novaterra to develop existing gas fields and hunt for new ones, in a bid to drag the country’s power sector out of wartime …
Read More »LNG Tanker Rates Soar on Booming U.S. Exports
LNG carrier rates for the Atlantic route between the U.S. and Europe have surged close to a two-year high on strong demand for American liquefied gas as Europe fills up its storage ahead of winter. The spot rate hit $98,250 per day on Monday, Bloomberg reports, which was a 19% …
Read More »Global LNG Glut could Upend Prices by 2026
Global LNG supply is rising and growth will accelerate in the next two years as major projects in the top exporters, the United States and China, come on stream. Supply growth is set to outpace the global LNG demand increase, leading to an oversupplied market from the end of 2026 …
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