South Korea is thinking seriously about sharing its liquefied natural gas (LNG) inventories with Europe amid looming supply disruptions sparked by the Ukraine crisis, officials said Sunday. “The government is seriously contemplating supporting Europe should the situation aggravate in Ukraine and create difficulties in the supply of natural gas,” a …
Read More »Europe Is Running out of Space for LNG
After the massive influx of US liquefied natural gas to make up for lower pipeline supplies from Russia amid high demand, Europe is running out of processing capacity for the gas, Reuters has reported. Europe turned into the biggest market for US liquefied natural gas over the past three months …
Read More »Europe Remains Top Destination for U.S. LNG for Third Month
Europe’s call for U.S. liquefied natural gas continues to run hot in February and is poised to remain the top destination for U.S. shipments for the third month in a row, according to mid-month Refinitiv vessel tracking data on Tuesday. About three quarters of U.S. LNG volumes went to Europe …
Read More »Europe’s Dependence on Natural Gas Imports Hits 80%
The European Union and the UK have seen their dependence on natural gas imports jump to 80 percent in 2020 from 65 percent in 2010, as regional production plunged, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Friday. The high dependence on gas imports and the low levels of gas …
Read More »Geopolitical Tensions Add to Tightness in European Gas Market
Rising geopolitical tensions in the past few months have contributed to the already tight European natural gas market and prompted the search for additional supplies, Fitch Ratings said in a statement Monday. Intensified geopolitical tensions may have delayed Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will carry gas from Russia to …
Read More »IEA: Europe’s Gas Demand Set to Decline in Favor of Coal
Europe’s natural gas demand is set to decline this year as buyers begin to favor lower-priced coal, the International Energy Agency said in the latest edition of its quarterly gas market report. According to the IEA, gas demand on the continent is seen declining by 4% this year, after rising …
Read More »Europe’s Gas Storage Levels Fall to 37.5% in January 2022
The occupancy rate in Europe’s natural gas storage facilities fell to 37.5% in January 2021 from 52% in January 2022, according to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe. In January 2021, there were approximately 60 billion cubic meters of gas in all of the natural gas storages across Europe, and the …
Read More »U.S. Talks to China, Japan, India about Sending Gas to Europe
The U.S. and its European allies have approached several major natural-gas importers in Asia, including China, about sending their fuel to Europe if a conflict over Ukraine erupts, according to people familiar with the matter. President Joe Biden’s administration has spoken to officials in Japan, South Korea and India as …
Read More »Europe Faces Harsh Reality of Finding Russian Gas Irreplaceable
Energy-rich countries from Qatar to Azerbaijan have all pledged emergency gas supplies to Europe, but the region is quickly figuring out it can’t replace top supplier Russia. Ongoing tensions over Ukraine and the threat of a potential conflict interrupting energy flows to Europe have overshadowed the continent’s gas market in …
Read More »European Gas Market Sentiment is Bearish, as US and Asian Prices Rise
Global gas markets are painting distinctly different pictures this week as supply uncertainty in Asia supports prices, but European markets are starting to see downside potential on the horizon. Mild weather in Europe and frigid forecasts for the US will drive price behavior in the coming days. Milder temperature forecasts …
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