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Japan's power plan will rattle coal, LNG exporters, especially Australia

Japan has been largely forgotten as a source of demand for energy commodities, overshadowed by the rapid rise of China, but the country’s new electricity generation targets will shake the market up.

read more... 23/07/2021

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Peak Natural Gas Demand To Occur Around 2040

One of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters, Qatar, expects global natural gas demand to peak at some point around 2040, Bloomberg reported on Monday, quoting a bond prospectus of Qatar Petroleum it had seen.

read more... 29/06/2021

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Global gas supply in 5-10 years may not be tight given shorter construction

Global natural gas supply in the next five to ten years may not be as tight as market expected with shorter project construction cycles, which can have a significant impact on supply and demand fundamentals, participants at the 7th China LNG & Gas International Summit 2021 held over June 23-24 said.

read more... 25/06/2021

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Daily (22.06.2021): British near-term gas prices rallied at multi-year record highs on Monday amid outages in Norway, weak LNG send-outs

Crude oil futures soared on Monday amid inconclusive nuclear talks between world powers and Iran - which has elected a new hardline president - allaying prospects for a swift revival of the Islamic Republic’s crude exports. Hence, Brent crude increased by 1.9% to settle at $74.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, U.S. WTI crude surged by 2.8% to end at $73.66 a barrel.

read more... 22/06/2021

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Energy majors bid for Qatar LNG project despite lower returns

Six top western energy firms are vying to partner in the vast expansion of Qatar's liquefied natural gas output, industry sources said, helping the Gulf state cement its position as the leading LNG producer while several large projects around the world recently stalled.

read more... 14/06/2021

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