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Energy / Natural Gas

UK Releases Impressive Shale Estimates, Relaxes Tax Regime

Jul 26, 2013 at 14:56 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: As the UK doubles its shale reserve estimates, plans are in the works for lowering the proposed shale production tax rate by half. Analysis: The UK…

Canada’s Kitimat LNG Project Takes Another Step

Jul 25, 2013 at 17:42 | Robert M Cutler

Canada's Kitimat liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, one of ten proposed across the country, took another step towards realization this week, as respected Member of Parliament Bob Rae from the…

Russia’s Oil and Natural Gas Industry Facing Market Turmoil

Jul 24, 2013 at 15:22 | John Daly

Several years ago, the Russian Federation’s Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom had every reason to feel that it was “top of the world,” to quote James Cagney’s crazed character Cody…

What Shale Oil and Gas Can Learn from Nuclear

Jul 23, 2013 at 18:09 | Llewellyn King

The Arab oil embargo, imposed on the United States 40 years ago this fall, brought the instant chaos of gas lines, dire predictions and a new concentration of political minds…

Will the Nabucco Pipeline be Able to Make a Comeback?

Jul 23, 2013 at 17:50 | Eurasianet

Just like the protagonist in the eponymous opera, the Nabucco pipeline, the one-time leading option for carrying natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe, has been outmaneuvered and knocked from its…

Russia Prepares To Liberalize LNG Exports

Jul 19, 2013 at 22:36 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: By January 2014, Russia may liberalize LNG exports currently monopolized by state-run Gazprom, in order to make room for expansion of LNG exports to the Asia-Pacific region.

10 Points to Consider in the NGV Debate

Jul 12, 2013 at 19:33 | Matt Smith

The perception of natural gas as a mainstream fuel for vehicles runs the gamut, dependent upon where you live: from the improbable…to the viable…to the everyday reality. So from recent…

DEVELOPMENT & DISCOVERY ALERTS - Dana Gas Announces Find in Egypt

Jul 12, 2013 at 13:16 | Editorial Dept

Dana Gas Announces Find in EgyptUAE-based Dana Gas on 30 June announced a significant gas discovery in Egypt’s Nile Delta, just four days before Egypt’s military stepped in…

This Week in Energy: Senatorial Plea for Fast Action on LNG Exports

Jul 12, 2013 at 13:03 | James Stafford

Energy funding proposals and rejections this week in DC as Republicans attempt (unsuccessfully to slash and burn; more money for uranium enrichment at home; a desperate senatorial plea for fast…

The “Mexico Explosion” in Natural Gas

Jul 08, 2013 at 17:23 | Keith Schaefer

The U.S. shale boom has an unexpected new beneficiary:  Mexico.In our last story, we reported on how Mexican demand for U.S. gas exports increased by 92% over…

Shale Revolution Scuppered Gazprom’s $1 Trillion Dream

Jul 02, 2013 at 17:00 | Charles Kennedy

In 2007 Alexei Miller, close friend of President Vladimir Putin, was CEO of the world’s third largest company by market value, Gazprom, worth around $360 billion, and he had vowed…

Mexican Answer to US Natural Gas Slump

Jul 01, 2013 at 17:04 | Charlotte Dudley

Natural gas futures fell to their lowest price in 16 weeks in New York on 27 June, as stockpiles were up higher than expected and demand remains sluggish.We’re…

A Surprising New Twist in the U.S. Natural Gas Market

Jul 01, 2013 at 17:02 | Keith Schaefer

The U.S. natural gas market may be on the verge of a big swing. And it’s not about the talk of the town, Liquid Natural Gas (LNG).

Will Shale Gas Eventually Make Turkey Energy Independent?

Jul 01, 2013 at 16:58 | John Daly

Turkey’s booming economy faces one major constraint – a lack of hydrocarbon resources.At least up to now.The U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration notes in its report…

Nabucco is Dealt Another Blow as Azeri Gas to Use TAP Pipeline

Jul 01, 2013 at 16:52 | RFE/RL staff

Ten years ago, hopes were high there would be a major pipeline connecting Europe directly to the gas fields of the Caspian Basin and the Middle East. The…

REGULATORY ALERTS – Noble in Cyprus & Gazprom Withdraws from Greece

Jun 28, 2013 at 15:48 | Editorial Dept

Noble Seals Cyprus LNG Terminal DealLast week, Cyprus approved a deal with Houston-based Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) and its Israeli partners (Delek Drilling LP and Avner Oil Exploration…

European Resistance to Gazprom is Futile

Jun 26, 2013 at 16:49 | Daniel J. Graeber

Russian energy company Gazprom said it was looking to get a liquefied natural gas facility launched on the Baltic Sea within the next five years. It's already sending natural gas…

Israel Approves 40% Gas Exports, But to Where?

Jun 26, 2013 at 16:45 | Charles Kennedy

Balancing public pressure to keep the bulk of new gas reserves at home with foreign investor pressure to set a high cap on exports, the Israeli government has put a…

Natural Gas Discoveries in the Eastern Med Reignite Old Rivalries

Jun 26, 2013 at 16:43 | ISN Security Watch

The discovery of natural gas has complicated rivalries in the eastern Mediterranean, an area already full of long-standing security issues.Among those to have issued assertive statements of intent…

Exxon Seeks Approval for Massive Canadian LNG Plan

Jun 25, 2013 at 16:46 | Charles Kennedy

ExxonMobil is hoping to get the green light from Canada’s National Energy board to export 30 million tons liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year and build a new export terminal…

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