Despite political tensions, Egypt's natural…
The global LNG market could…
The gravity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand shifted westwards over the past year. For several years now, LNG demand – and as a result, the…
Russia, beware, Iran is trying to get into the European gas market. In recent months, Iranian officials have been signaling to potential customers in Europe, potential…
Gazprom’s dominance over European energy supplies may be beginning to slip. The collapse of oil prices has punished Gazprom’s revenues, but in a new development that…
Nuclear power is out in Germany, but could shale gas soon be included in the historic German energiewende? The German government has taken bold steps to…
No sooner had the International Monetary Fund (IMF) extended $17.5 billion over four years in new credit to Ukraine, Russia’s private gas giant Gazprom was claiming $2.4 billion of it…
One major knock on effect from the oil bust is the collapse in prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Unlike oil, which largely trades on an open market…
The modest installment payments that Ukraine is making on its $2.440 billion debt to Gazprom are not enough to restore the reputation of that country as…
As oil companies fret over meager quarterly earnings because of the low price of oil, Russia’s gas monopoly, the government-controlled Gazprom, says it will be increasing…
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s hopes for a British-style shale gas revolution recently took a major hit. Cameron has promised that his government will be “going all out” to…
New England may avoid a spike in natural gas prices this winter, but the region is becoming increasingly dependent on the fuel, ensuring that price spikes in future years are…
The shale gas game began to cool in China after the latest plunge in oil prices. However, thanks to the recently concluded…
As some may be aware, I spent nearly twenty years making a living in a dealing room. Contrary to what many believe, those who are paid to trade are, in…
Brazil is dealing with one of its worst droughts in years, causing the city of Sao Paulo to suffer through rolling blackouts. Blistering heat and scant rainfall have depleted reserves…
Don’t tell the West, but Vladimir Putin isn’t changing. The Russian President has skipped their little ‘lesson’ on 21st century politics in favor of his own, unadulterated, version. In what…
Kyrgyzstan is happy because 60,000 customers in a potentially restive part of the country aren’t relying on dung to heat their homes; Uzbekistan again has revenue from the cross-border gas…
The oil industry is facing rising debt from collapsing oil prices, but there could be another sector that becomes a casualty of the low oil price environment: liquefied natural gas…
The mercury is dropping in much of the United States, but a repeat of 2014 natural gas price spikes is likely not in the cards. The harsh winter in January…
Iran appears to be shifting its attention from low-priced oil to gas, gearing up to increase production to 100 million cubic meters of gas per day at its South Pars…
Kiev’s payment of $150 million to the Russia’s government-owned gas monopoly Gazprom will keep supplies flowing into Ukraine for at least the first quarter of 2015. Gazprom said Dec. 31…
Russia’s proposed South Stream pipeline may have been canceled, but it evidently is worth something to the country’s gas monopoly, Gazprom, which has agreed to buy out its European partners…