Shell Executive Urges Canadian LNG Export Terminal Operations Within the Decade
Posted on May 30, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Shell Executive Urges Canadian LNG Export Terminal Operations Within the Decade
Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser told reporters yesterday that Canadian LNG export terminals need to be in operation within the decade to capture a share of the Asian LNG market and that he believes the streamlined regulatory review process proposed by the government will permit such a timeline. Voser added that news may be forthcoming about...
Report Studies Unconventional Gas Supply Development and the Effects of Increased U.S. LNG Exports on World Gas Prices
Posted on May 29, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Report Studies Unconventional Gas Supply Development and the Effects of Increased U.S. LNG Exports on World Gas Prices
A new report from the International Energy Agency, “Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas,” examines rules needed to ensure that unconventional gas production is both environmentally and socially acceptable, and studies the effects of increased unconventional gas production worldwide and increased U.S. LNG exports on world gas...
Ukrainian Officials Visit U.S. to Secure LNG Supplies
Posted on May 29, 2012 in LNG Exports | Comments Off on Ukrainian Officials Visit U.S. to Secure LNG Supplies
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that Ukrainian government officials will visit the United States this week to discuss obtaining U.S. LNG supplies in an effort to diversify their energy supply...
Analysts Disagree Whether U.S. LNG Exports Will Result in Global Gas Price
Posted on May 25, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Analysts Disagree Whether U.S. LNG Exports Will Result in Global Gas Price
Analysts at an industry conference held this week in Houston disagreed whether U.S. LNG exports may cause natural gas prices in the U.S., European, and Asian markets to converge into a single global gas price. Read more in Platts LNG Daily [subscription...
Europe Obvious Market for U.S. LNG Exports
Posted on May 24, 2012 in LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Europe Obvious Market for U.S. LNG Exports
Bans on hydraulic fracturing in several European countries make the continent an obvious market for U.S. LNG supplies, according to energy analyst and author Daniel Yergin. Attractive pricing and a predicted increase in demand have also contributed to turning Europe into a target market for U.S. gas producers. Read more in the Bloomberg...
Senator Murkowski Pitches Alaska LNG to Japan and South Korea
Posted on May 24, 2012 in LNG Exports | Comments Off on Senator Murkowski Pitches Alaska LNG to Japan and South Korea
In a press release on a recent dinner that Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) had with the Japanese and South Korean ambassadors, Murkowski stated that the ambassadors “recognize the ample opportunities for investment that exist in Alaska” and that “Alaska’s vast natural gas resources represent a very real energy security benefit” for those nations. The...