Gas

Oman is looking to sell a stake in natural gas assets valued at about $8 billion, according to people familiar with the plan, as the sultanate seeks to raise cash to shore up its state finances and fund investments. State-owned firm Energy Development Oman SAOC is seeking partners for a …

Nord Stream 2, the Switzerland-based company behind the gas pipeline project, has reached an agreement with its creditors to restructure its debt, a Swiss court in Zug said on Friday. Friday, May 9, was the deadline set by the court for Nord Stream 2 to restructure its debt and repay …

European benchmark natural gas prices rose on Friday amid signals from China that it considers engaging in trade talks with the United States. A de-escalation of the tensions drove markets higher at the end of the week as traders and analysts weigh the possibility of less disruptive trade and lower …

Jera is considering participating in a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Alaska, as part of Japan’s efforts to negotiate a trade deal with the United States. “We see Alaska as one of the promising procurement sources,” Naohiro Maekawa, an executive officer at the world’s biggest LNG buyer, …

Importers of liquefied natural gas in Japan are bracing for the possibility that long-term supplies from one of the world’s top exporters could become uncertain. Australians are heading to the polls on May 3 and, according to Reuters, whichever party wins, there may well be less LNG for exports than …

Iran is boosting natural gas production from Phase 11 of the giant South Pars field after bringing online a key new well, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. The eighth well at South Pars 11 – the 11th phase of development at the world’s largest natural gas discovery, which Iran shares …

Richard Kinder doesn’t lose sleep over trade wars or chatbots. The billionaire co-founder of Kinder Morgan waved off the industry handwringing over U.S.-China LNG tariffs and the supposedly overhyped energy appetite of AI data centers. “Our view is that any loss of the Chinese market will be more than offset …

China halted liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchases from the United States in March, while simultaneously increasing its imports from Australia, Indonesia, and Brunei, according to a RIA Novosti analysis of Chinese customs data. In 2024, the US was among the top five suppliers of LNG to the Chinese market, exporting …

The European Union is looking for legal ways to tear long-term natural gas supply contracts with Russia’s Gazprom without having to pay sizable penalties, the Financial Times has reported, citing three officials from the European Commission as saying the leading option was declaring a force majeure. “If the whole idea …

European Union member states on Friday agreed to give more flexibility to the natural gas storage goals by expanding the period in which countries should have 90% full storage ahead of the winter and could deviate by up to 10% from the filling target. The EU supported the European Commission’s …