Japan’s liquefied natural gas imports for January fell to the lowest level for that month in over a decade, as nuclear reactor restarts, higher renewables output, and energy-savings efforts curb fossil-fuel needs. Deliveries fell to just shy of 6 million tons last month, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. …
Read More »Oil Nudges Higher, Buoyed by Rate Cut Expectations
Oil prices edged up on Thursday, supported by signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve on a possible start to rate cuts and as China unveiled new support measures for its embattled property market. Brent crude futures inched up 5 cents to $80.60 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude …
Read More »French Unveil Large Hydrogen Carrier Design
A French quartet with huge gas expertise have unveiled a preliminary design of a 150,000 cu m liquefied hydrogen carrier. Unveiled at the Hyvolution Summit 2024 trade show in Paris, gas containment system specialist GTT, along with TotalEnergies, naval architect LMG Marin and Bureau Veritas have provided details of a …
Read More »Europe’s Largest LNG Terminal Signs 10-Year Deal for Algerian Natural Gas
The UK’s Grain LNG, Europe’s largest liquefied natural gas terminal, signed on Wednesday a ten-year agreement that will extend the long-term storage and redelivery capacity of Algerian gas company Sonatrach at the Grain LNG terminal from January 2029. Grain LNG, located on the Isle of Grain in Kent, is the …
Read More »OMV Sees German Gas Prices at EUR 30-35/MWh in 2024
Austrian energy company OMV expects German gas prices to average around EUR 30-35/MWh this year, down from EUR 41/MWh in the previous year, it said on Thursday. The front-month contract on Germany’s THE hub was last seen trading around EUR 30/MWh, roughly half of the value seen one year ago. …
Read More »Reuters Survey Shows OPEC Output down in January
A Reuters survey shows OPEC’s oil production plunging for the month of January, registering the biggest drop in output since July last year. The survey lists new voluntary production cuts by some cartel members along with shut-in oil in Libya due to protests earlier in the month as the causes …
Read More »Chinese Automakers Eye Opportunity in Central Asia
After wrapping up the political section of his recent working trip to China, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev took the long way home from Beijing by passing through the southern city of Shenzen. He traveled there to visit the headquarters of leading Chinese automaker BYD, which has just overtaken Elon Musk’s …
Read More »Red Sea Turmoil Tightens Oil Markets as Delays Continue
As many as 100 tankers carrying some 56 million barrels of crude oil and fuels have been diverted from the Red Sea since Yemen’s Houthis began targeting ships there with drones and missiles. These are 56 million barrels of crude and fuels that will take from two weeks to more …
Read More »U.S. Crude Oil could be Ripe for a Short Squeeze
Crude oil inventories at Cushing have dropped to their lowest level for this time of year in over a decade, suggesting that a short squeeze could be coming for the bearish portfolio managers who have amassed a lot of short positions in U.S. crude oil futures. The falling stocks at …
Read More »Aramco Says It will not Increase Oil Production beyond 12m Barrels per Day
Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry instructed the oil giant to increase production to 13 million barrels per day on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Saudi Aramco said on Tuesday that it will not try to increase its maximum daily oil production to 13 million barrels a day after receiving an order …
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