Gas

Asia has been the driver of global demand for liquefied natural gas for years now, with its fast-growing economies guzzling energy at elevated rates. This year, however, has seen this change. Asian demand for LNG is weakening—but Europe’s is on a substantial rise, more than offsetting Asia’s weakness, despite plans …

Sanctioned LNG vessels carrying liquefied natural gas from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project are running into early winter ice on the Northern Sea Route and deliveries to China from the Russian export plant could drop off as temperatures in the Arctic plummet. The Buran vessel, which offloaded a cargo …

Some of Japan’s biggest utilities believe that they would be able to find alternative gas supply in case they are no longer able to import Russian LNG, executives said this week, following U.S. pressure that Japan and other U.S. allies stop imports of Russian energy. Japan imports Russian LNG from …

Liquefied natural gas has once again become trendy. After several years under attack from environmentalists, even the EU has accepted that natural gas, in whatever form it can get it, is going to stay in the energy mix for quite a while yet. The U.S. is building new export capacity …

The noticeable upward tilt in graphs of the U.S. natural gas price since April 2024 is likely a hint of things to come for U.S. consumers of energy. That’s because record amounts of U.S. natural gas are now being sent abroad in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG). And …

China has increased its underground gas storage capacity by the most of any country since 2022, the International Gas Union (IGU) said in a new report on Monday. As of 2025, there are 699 underground natural gas storage facilities in operation worldwide, with a total working gas volume of 424 …

Qatar shipped 25 more LNG cargoes in the first nine months of this year compared to 9M 2024, according to Gas Export Countries Forum (GECF). In its latest monthly report, GECF noted that the United States shipped 181 more cargoes during the period compared to 9M 2024. In September, some …

Exports of liquefied natural gas globally increased to 34.59 million tons last month, which was the highest on record, the Gas Exporting Countries Forum reported. The increase was driven by a boost in imports, at an annual 3.7%, which in turn was driven by a surge in demand in the …

The sanctioned Russian Arctic LNG export facility continues to ship cargoes to China as the U.S.-sanctioned project did not incur additional sanctions in Wednesday’s U.S. package imposed “as a result of Russia’s lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine.” While the U.S. slapped …

Total open interest in Europe’s benchmark gas futures surged to a record high this week, exchange data compiled by Bloomberg showed on Friday, in a sign that the lull in European gas trading could be over with the colder weather. The market has become more liquid in recent days, and …