Gas

Ukraine this weekend signed agreements to receive natural gas from U.S. LNG cargoes arriving in Greece as it aims to secure gas supply for the winter amid intensified Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. During a visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Athens, Ukraine’s national oil and gas firm …

Germany’s ruling coalition has slashed in half the capacity of new natural gas-fired power plants it aims to tender by 2032 in a significant scale-down from the previously planned 20 GW of new gas capacity. The governing coalition led by conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reached a compromise on the …

From indispensable bridge fuel to dirtier than coal, natural gas has gone through a few turbulent years recently, culminating in the EU’s risky legislation that could see it left out in the cold and dark, and investors’ newfound—or newly remembered—appetite for investments in gas. In the final year of his …

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 …