Gas

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s top diplomat warned Russia that Germany’s support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was at risk if the Kremlin doesn’t assist in clarifying the poisoning of dissident Alexey Navalny. It was the first time a cabinet minister in Merkel’s government explicitly linked the fate of the …

A European response that involves the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is needed against Russia after the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent, some politicians and diplomats in Germany said on Thursday. Chancellor Angela Merkel said she expected Moscow to join efforts to clear …

Turkey has extended until mid-September a controversial east Mediterranean gas exploration mission that has put it at odds with Greece and the rest of the EU. Ankara deployed the Oruc Reis research vessel and warships to the disputed waters on August 10 and prolonged the mission twice. Greece responded by …

Samsung Heavy Industries said Tuesday it obtained a detailed design approval from the US ship classification organization American Bureau of Shipping for its natural gas liquefaction cycle technology, the first in the shipbuilding industry. The shipbuilder said, upon the approval, it can save costs for the payment of technology fees …

Turkey’s largest-ever natural gas discovery in the Black Sea could lead to new cooperation with Russia and Iran even as it aims to be a producer and not just a buyer, Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said on Tuesday. “The countries we have been cooperating with for years are Iran …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated three major gas projects worth over $5.5 billion on the occasion of the country’s Government Week. The plan for the development and improvement of the gas dispatching center and the sixth and ninth national gas transmission lines, the first phase of Bushehr Petrochemicals and …

A gas discovery of the scale of the Tuna-1 find in the Black Sea, if developed, would be transformational for Turkey, given its overwhelming reliance on imports and crippling energy import bill. Turkey is chiefly reliant on piped gas from Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran but the share of liquefied natural …

Iran is one of the most hydrocarbon-rich countries in the world. According to the Iranian Oil Ministry data, nearly 300 oil and gas fields have been explored in the country of which over 40 are gas fields. Although until recently the Oil Ministry (as the name suggests) was mostly focused …

Global LNG demand could fall 4.2 percent in 2020 in a multi-wave pandemic scenario before recovering in 2021. The market is expected to begin re-balancing as producers curb supply and the pandemic delays commissioning of new LNG projects. The Global Gas Report 2020 , published by the International Gas Union …

The head of the offshore section of South Pars 22-24 phases development project said 3 new wells had become operational in the project which added 200 mcf to the phases gas output. According to Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), Mehrdad Kazemi, referring to the operation of the SPD22 platform …