natural gas

Does China need more Russian gas via the Power-of-Siberia 2 pipeline?

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Moscow for two days of talks which ended Tuesday, during which they discussed a major new infrastructure project, Power-of-Siberia 2, to deliver gas to China via Mongolia.

NECI and Campos Fabrication partner to enable sustainability Initiatives through packaged gas solutions

NECI, the industry’s leading industrial automation, solutions and services provider, and Campos Fabrication, the leader in energy infrastructure design and high-end packaged solutions, are excited to announce their new partnership to deliver packaged gas solutions.

Russia's tighter energy ties with China since Ukraine war

China has increased purchases of Russian oil and gas in the year since Russia invaded Ukraine and the energy relationship between the two countries will be an important topic when presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping meet in Moscow this week.

Edison sees investment decision on EastMed gas pipeline by year-end

Energy group Edison plans to take the final investment decision on a proposed pipeline to deliver east Mediterranean gas to European markets by the end of this year

China's energy investments in Russia

Chinese state energy giants have made a number of multi-billion-dollar investments in Russia, one of China's top oil and gas suppliers, across various stages of the energy supply chain.

Romania's Transgaz ready to build pipeline for Black Sea gas

Romania's gas pipeline operator Transgaz will build a new pipeline worth an estimated 500 million euros ($529.30 M) meant to bring offshore Black Sea gas to the national grid.

Australia's LNG exports may have to be diverted to fend off winter gas shortage

Australia's east coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters may need to divert excess gas supply for domestic customers to stave off any potential supply shortages this winter in the country's south

Worley awarded FEL 2 contract to engineer Cerilon’s U.S. gas-to liquids facility

Worley, a global project delivery and asset services provider, has been selected by Cerilon, a Canadian-based energy and resource development company, to provide engineering services for the FEL 2 stage of Cerilon’s gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility in North Dakota, U.S.

Joint study of sustainable palm oil industry development in Malaysia

JGC Holdings Corporation and Japan NUS have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malaysian natural gas sales, marketing, and distribution company Gas Malaysia Bhd for joint study of sustainable domestic palm oil industry development through effective utilization of unused resources from palm oil milling in the country.

U.S. natural gas consumption sets 9 month record and an annual record in 2022

In 2022, US natural gas consumption averaged a record 88.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bft3d)—the highest annual natural gas consumption, according to records beginning in 1949.

GAZ-SYSTEM launches non-binding market screening procedure to identify demand for additional regasification capacity of FSRU terminal

GAZ-SYSTEM launches a non-binding market screening procedure to identify the demand for additional regasification capacity of the FSRU Terminal. The new FSRU Terminal project envisages the construction of a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) in the Gulf of Gdańsk area.

Driven by petrochemical capacity builds, U.S. ethane increased 9% in 2022

In 2022, U.S. ethane demand increased by approximately 9%, or almost 0.2 MMbpd, according to the U.S. EIA's Petroleum Supply Monthly.

Trinidad and Tobago hold deeper talks with Venezuela on Dragon gas project

Trinidad and Tobago held substantive talks with Venezuela on developing the promising Dragon offshore gas field following a U.S. authorization to begin the long-stalled project.

US nat gas futures ease 1% to 2-wk less cold forecasts

U.S. natural gas futures slid about 1% to a two-week low on Friday on forecasts for less cold weather and lower heating demand over the next two weeks than previously expected.

Decarbonization using sour-to-sweet gas technology

8 Rivers' TarT technology is a low-cost solution for processing high-hydrogen sulfide (H2S) sour gas. The technology separates H2S and other sulfurous contaminants from sour natural gas, using CO2 as a natural solvent.

Ukraine to jointly buy gas with EU countries

Ukraine will take part in the European Union scheme to jointly buy gas in global markets, to procure 2 billion cubic metres of the fuel ahead of next winter.

Trinidad in substantive negotiations with Venezuela on gas project

Trinidad and Tobago has held substantive talks with Venezuela on developing the promising Dragon offshore gas field following a U.S. authorization to begin the long-stalled project.

Shell Catalysts & Technologies, Technip Energies and Zachry Group selected for Calpine’s carbon capture unit project in Texas

Shell Catalysts & Technologies, together with Technip Energies and Zachry Group (Zachry), has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for a carbon capture unit project at Calpine’s Baytown Energy Center in Texas, U.S.

Guyana sees natural gas as the next frontier after oil

Guyana, the South American country that is home to the world's largest oil discoveries in a decade, next wants to develop its mostly untapped natural gas reserves.

LNG to lead U.S. natural gas exports

Exports of LNG will continue to drive growth in U.S. natural gas exports over the next two years, according to the U.S. EIA.

GTI Energy and partners achieve supercritical CO2 conditions in San Antonio pilot project

GTI Energy and its partners, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and GE Research, have announced that the Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo project, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), successfully achieved supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) fluid conditions at its 10-MW electric sCO2 pilot plant facility in San Antonio, Texas.

Papua LNG project enters integrated FEED stage

Santos today announced the Papua LNG joint venture has launched fully-integrated front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the Papua LNG project in Papua New Guinea.

Natural gas essential to the energy transition says Australian PM

New gas projects will play a role in the energy transition, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, as his administration seeks to pass a reform to an emissions reduction bill amid growing pressure to ban new fossil fuel projects.

Novatek needs to find more natural gas for LNG plans

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday the country needed to identify the resource base for about a third of its planned annual production of 100 MMt of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year.

bp expands natural gas certification to 100% of its U.S. onshore upstream operations

MiQ, the non-profit global leader in methane certification, announced that it has independently audited and certified bp as the first energy major in the U.S. to verify the methane intensity of its entire U.S. onshore portfolio of natural gas.

Braskem Idesa and Advario partner to build a new, $400-MM ethane export terminal in Mexico

Braskem Idesa and Advario partner to build a new, $400-MM ethane export terminal in Mexico

Tellurian chairman's shares sold to cover loan

U.S. LNG developer Tellurian said over $25.3 MM worth of its shares belonging to Executive Chairman Charif Souki were transferred and sold over the last month to cover a loan, securities filings showed.

Russia to mothball damaged Nord Stream pipeline

Russia's ruptured undersea Nord Stream gas pipelines are set to be sealed up and mothballed as there are no immediate plans to repair or reactivate them.

Asian spot LNG prices continue to decrease

Asian spot LNG prices continued their downtrend this week, hitting the lowest level since July 2021, due to tepid demand which is expected to last until the end of March.

Germany LNG import bill to eclipse $10 B

Germany said that new infrastructure for floating LNG terminals will exceed previously expected costs, forewarning taxpayers that there will be a price to pay for energy security.