China is lapping up liquefied natural gas shipments from Russia on the cheap. The Sakhalin-2 LNG export plant in Russia’s Far East sold several shipments to China for delivery through December at nearly half the current spot price in a tender that closed earlier this week, according to traders with …
Read More »Europe’s Wave of Floating Gas Terminals Kicks off in Dutch Port
Two floating liquefied natural gas terminals are setting up in a Dutch port, the first in a wave of the specialist tankers that Europe is banking on to ease the worst energy crunch in decades. The Golar Igloo and the Eemshaven LNG are currently berthed together in the northern seaport …
Read More »Gazprom Starts Producing LNG at Plant near Nord Stream Pipeline
Gazprom PJSC has produced its first liquefied natural gas at a small-scale facility on the Baltic Coast near the start of the shuttered Nord Stream pipeline to Germany. Two production lines at Portovaya LNG have produced some 30,000 tons of the super-chilled fuel, Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Officer Vitaly Markelov …
Read More »China’s Energy Giants Sell Gas to World Scrambling for Supply
China’s biggest energy groups are diverting more liquefied natural gas away from their languishing home market, offering some relief to desperate buyers suffering supply shortages in other parts of the world. Cnooc is offering to sell an LNG cargo for November loading from the North West Shelf export project in …
Read More »Netherlands Expects to Reach 80% Gas Storage Target next Week
The Netherlands will reach the European Union target of filling up gas storage sites to 80% capacity as early as next week, according to its energy minister. “I expect the Netherlands to reach the 80% target in the upcoming days, next week,” the Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Policy …
Read More »Goldman Says EU Gas may Challenge August Highs on Gazprom News
European natural gas prices could approach highs set in August after Russia said its key pipeline to Europe won’t resume flows as planned, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The news will probably “reignite market uncertainty regarding the region’s ability to manage storage through winter” and is set to drive …
Read More »Oil Sinks further to Test OPEC’s Resolve amid Semand Concerns
Oil fell for a third day as demand concerns continue to escalate and the dollar rose, joining a selloff of assets from equities to metals. West Texas Intermediate futures dropped below US$88 a barrel, after falling for a third consecutive month in August in the longest run since April 2020. …
Read More »China’s Oil Majors Post Record Profits on Surging Fuel Prices
Covid lockdowns, a property market crisis and a struggling domestic economy weren’t enough to slow down China’s oil giants as they posted record first half profits. PetroChina Co., Sinopec and Cnooc Ltd. each said they made historic amounts of money in the January-to-June period as surging prices for the oil …
Read More »Global Energy Crisis Spurs a Revival of Nuclear Power in Asia
Asia is giving the once-shunned nuclear power industry a second lease on life, thanks to the global energy crisis. Governments in Japan and South Korea are removing anti-nuclear policies, while China and India are looking to build more reactors to avoid future supply shortages and curb emissions. Even developing nations …
Read More »India’s Biggest Refiner to Spend $25 Billion on Net Zero Target
Indian Oil Corp., the country’s biggest refiner, said it plans to spend 2 trillion rupees ($25 billion) to achieve carbon neutrality by 2046. The company will target Scope 1 and 2 emissions under its net zero aim, Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, chairman of the state-owned refiner-cum-fuel retailer, said on Thursday. It …
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