Energy / Natural Gas

Dec 11, 2020 at 17:14 | Irina Slav

When the European Union tied its pandemic relief plan to renewable energy generation and emissions reduction targets, analysts sounded an alarm for LNG…

Dec 11, 2020 at 17:02 | RFE/RL staff

Work has resumed in Baltic Sea waters off the German coast on the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural-gas pipeline, project managers said in a statement on December 11.…

Dec 10, 2020 at 16:28 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The shale revolution may have made the United States and the world's largest natural gas producer, but it has failed to make the biggest U.S. shale gas drillers any richer.…

Dec 08, 2020 at 13:47 | Viktor Katona

Denmark’s announcement that it would stop offering exploration licenses came down on the European oil and gas sector like a bolt from the blue. Not that it would be a…

Dec 01, 2020 at 11:01 | Haley Zaremba

It’s undeniable that the global energy sector is trending toward decarbonization. Catalyzed by the rough blows that the novel coronavirus pandemic dealt to the oil industry, the global…

Nov 30, 2020 at 12:51 | Irina Slav

The “bridge fuel” narrative for natural gas is being replaced. Not so easily replaced, however, is the demand for natural gas. Natural gas—just a couple of…

Nov 17, 2020 at 15:42 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above the temperature in pre-industrial times could mean significantly reduced investments in natural gas supply through 2040, analysts warn.

Nov 13, 2020 at 16:47 | Irina Slav

U.S. LNG producers have had a tough few months, what with the pandemic and plunging prices because of an oversupplied market. Now, prices have improved

Nov 11, 2020 at 10:36 | Rystad Energy

Germany’s gas demand, which is currently just above 90 billion cubic meters (Bcm) per year, is set to increase to more than 110 Bcm by 2034, but as future supplies…

Nov 09, 2020 at 17:18 | Simon Watkins

The net present value of Iran’s supergiant South Pars natural gas field has jumped from an estimated US$116 billion at this point last year to US$135 billion now, a senior…

Nov 04, 2020 at 14:02 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The increasingly global nature of natural gas, with the rise of liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply and trade, is making one of Europe’s key natural gas trading hubs…

Oct 30, 2020 at 18:03 | Viktor Katona

Oman has weathered all the innumerable challenges of 2020 with considerable flair, even though the year started off with the untimely passing of Sultan Qaboos, then came the…

Oct 22, 2020 at 11:26 | Vanand Meliksetian

Europe’s relationship with Russia has soured over the years due to diverging political views and crises such as Ukraine’s reorientation towards the West. Also, energy dependency has become…

Oct 19, 2020 at 14:55 | ZeroHedge

While Joe Biden has been busy speaking out of both sides of his mouth about what his position on fracking would be, if elected, another revelation has come to light:…

Oct 13, 2020 at 13:06 | Irina Slav

Weather forecasters are predicting a harsh winter for Asia, and while this would hardly be good news for anyone in the region, it happens to be great news…

Oct 05, 2020 at 13:40 | Julianne Geiger

Natural gas prices on Monday rose nearly 10 percent as lofty hopes of an economic stimulus deal in the United States persist, an increase in LNG exports, and positive reports…

Sep 29, 2020 at 16:32 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Global natural gas demand and within it, liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand, is set to grow in the long term, despite the setback in demand for all kinds…

Sep 25, 2020 at 16:23 | Irina Slav

Natural gas was first hailed as the bridge between the fossil fuel past and the renewable future. Then it came under fire because although cleaner than oil and…

Sep 25, 2020 at 12:39 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The highly volatile U.S. natural gas benchmark prices are set to trend higher in the coming months amid lower domestic production, higher demand in the winter, and recovering…

Sep 24, 2020 at 13:43 | Haley Zaremba

Three years ago, Strategy&, the strategy consulting arm of global finance powerhouse PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), published a report that proclaimed that small-scale liquefied natural…