Gas

Russia has made a downward revision to its forecast for natural gas exports for 2024-2026, data from Russia’s economy ministry showed on Friday. According to the Economy Ministry, Russia is now forecasting that its natural gas exports to countries outside the ex-Soviet Union will be $434.6 per 1,000 cubic meters …

China has been stepping up its natural gas purchases as well as facilitating construction in recent years, as part of efforts to ensure sufficient energy supply amid its green transition, said industry experts. The country is looking to sign more deals to avoid future shortages and reduce dependence on spot …

The benchmark natural gas prices in Europe and the UK dropped early on Friday after Chevron and trade unions settled a labor dispute which led to the unions calling off the strikes at two large LNG export facilities in Australia. The front-month futures at the Dutch TTF hub, the benchmark …

Japan’s liquefied natural gas inventories dropped to the lowest level in over a year-and-a-half and could push the nation’s utilities to buy more fuel ahead of winter. Storage held by Japan’s power suppliers fell to 1.62 million tons as of Sept. 17, according to data compiled by the trade ministry. …

Turkmenistan’s huge gas reserves have been generating considerable interest from potential importers following Ashgabat’s announcement in late July that it is open to the development of a pipeline to carry its gas across the Caspian and on to Europe. Most significant so far has been the interest shown by Hungary, …

Russian state energy giant Gazprom has shipped its first consignment of LNG to China through Russia’s Arctic waters, duplicating the delivery route used by Russian natural gas producer Novatek. In January, Gazprom opened an LNG liquefaction plant on Russia’s Baltic coast, about 100 miles to the northwest of St. Petersburg. …

China is back on the spot LNG market to seek cargoes for the coming winter, potentially upsetting a fragile balance in the global natural gas market just as Europe has reached its gas storage target well ahead of the November 1 deadline. Following a record slump in Chinese gas demand …

European natural gas prices held gains as escalating strikes in Australia add to concerns about supply disruptions from Norway and a major export facility in the US. Benchmark futures rose as much as 3.2% on Thursday, after jumping to the highest in over two weeks in the previous session. Liquefied …

Iran is launching hundreds of new filling stations to supply compressed natural gas (CNG) to motorists amid efforts to control the rising consumption of gasoline in the country. The Iranian Oil Ministry on Monday awarded contracts to two subsidiary companies of the Defense Ministry for launching some 400 CNG stations …

Iraq secured the eighth position on the list of the Arab countries with the highest natural gas consumption for the previous year, with an annual growth of up to 2.1 billion cubic meters, according to the Energy Agency. The agency reported that “Saudi Arabia ranked first as the largest Arab …