Council on Foreign Relations Examines Challenges to Forming an Integrated Global Natural Gas Market
Posted on Dec 11, 2008 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Council on Foreign Relations Examines Challenges to Forming an Integrated Global Natural Gas Market
The Council on Foreign Relations provides an analysis of the challenges to forming an integrated global natural gas market, including some of the challenges posed by expanding the LNG value chain around the...
International Bodies Pledge Loans for Panama Canal Expansion
Posted on Dec 11, 2008 in Financing, Markets and Competition, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on International Bodies Pledge Loans for Panama Canal Expansion
According to Platts LNG Daily, five international bodies, including a wing of the World Bank, have pledged $2.3 billion in loans, about half of the estimated amount needed, for the proposed Panama Canal expansion. The expansion would allow standard-sized LNG vessels to pass through the canal by 2014, significantly shortening the trading routes for cargoes between...
Think Tank Examines Russia’s Ambitions in the U.S. LNG Market
Posted on Dec 9, 2008 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Think Tank Examines Russia’s Ambitions in the U.S. LNG Market
The Jamestown Foundation, a Washington, D.C., think tank, offers an analysis of Russia’s plan to develop a substantial position in the U.S. LNG market. The Foundation’s piece focuses on the efforts of Russia’s national gas company, Gazprom, to develop the Shtokman field in the Barents Sea and potentially export gas from Shtokman to the United States as LNG. Details also are...
Economists Predict Shale Development Could Diminish Need for U.S. LNG Imports for 20 Years
Posted on Dec 8, 2008 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Economists Predict Shale Development Could Diminish Need for U.S. LNG Imports for 20 Years
Platts LNG Daily reports that two economists from Rice University in Houston, Peter Hartley and Kenneth Medlock, told the U.S. Association of Energy Economists that they believe increased development of domestic natural gas shale reserves could diminish the need for U.S. LNG imports for up to 20 years. [Subscription...
Industry Officials Expect U.S. LNG Imports to Increase in Coming Years
Posted on Dec 5, 2008 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Industry Officials Expect U.S. LNG Imports to Increase in Coming Years
Platts LNG Daily reports that several industry officials expect U.S. LNG imports to increase significantly over the next several years, particularly during the summer months when LNG demand declines in European and Asian markets. Separately, Platts also reports that Clay Harris, CEO of Suez LNG NA, said that he expects LNG imports to the United States to increase for a variety of...
Oregon LNG Details Project History and Gas Market Fundamentals
Posted on Dec 4, 2008 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Details Project History and Gas Market Fundamentals
Oregon LNG offers a project history as well as its view of western North American gas market fundamentals in the current issue of LNG Journal [subscription required].