Gas

Slovakia may consider reciprocal measures against Ukraine if it doesn’t allow the transit of gas from Russia to Europe. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he was taken aback by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s refusal to allow flows after the two leaders spoke at a summit in Brussels. Zelenskiy said …

The world’s top LNG importer, China, has hit the brakes on spot LNG purchases in recent weeks as Asian prices have hit the highest level for the year. After several months of stocking up on cheaper LNG supply, Chinese natural gas inventories are now estimated to be high enough to …

Since 2022, several countries worldwide have announced plans to expand their natural gas production capacity over the next decade, with multiple new large-scale projects coming online over the last three years. This was largely driven by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions on Russian energy, which led …

QatarEnergy has selected a joint venture between Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K Lines Ltd. (MOL) and China’s COSCO Shipping LNG Investment (CSLNG) to own and operate six QC-Max size LNG vessels, Trend reports. The vessels will be constructed by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), in China. …

Yamal LNG, the plant of Russian LNG developer and exporter Novatek, has begun using the Axios II tanker for ship-to-ship transfers in the Barents Sea, Reuters reports, citing vessel-tracking data from LSEG. Transshipments are used to free ice-class tankers by unloading LNG to conventional LNG vessels. But these STS operations …

Bulgaria said it may halt the transit of Russian natural gas to central Europe if Gazprom PJSC doesn’t find a payment solution amid US sanctions. It’s the latest twist in a saga over the future of European energy supplies, with gas demand poised to rise over the winter months. The …

Qatar will be doubling its LNG production in a few years to almost 160mn tonnes per year (tpy) in a “responsible way” with carbon capture and sequestration, HE the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi said Saturrday. The country’s LNG production will go up from the …

The U.S. LNG export industry has recently hit several stumbling blocks. And who will be America’s president in the next four years may not even be the biggest. Litigation at court from environmental groups, a contractor bankruptcy, and President Joe Biden’s permit pause have combined to increase uncertainty for U.S. …

The Biden administration will issue a study on the economic and environmental effects of liquefied natural gas exports later this month, Reuters has reported, citing an official from the Department of Energy. The study follows the “pause” that President Biden issued on new LNG export facility approvals in January this …

The China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline, the pipeline with the largest single-line gas transmission capacity in China, has been fully connected, the pipeline’s operator announced Monday. The pipeline has also achieved full capacity operation with an annual transmission volume of 38 billion cubic meters, according to China Oil & Gas …