natural gas
Shell halts production at Prelude floating LNG facility
Shell has suspended production at its Prelude floating LNG facility off Western Australia due to problems with its processes and is working through steps to restart production at the world's largest floating LNG platform.
EU watchdog sees concentration and liquidity risks in gas derivatives
Europe's $4.5-T natural gas derivatives market has become less transparent since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and faces risks due to a small number of market players and low liquidity.
U.S. permit crackdown poses new hurdles for proposed LNG projects
The U.S. Department of Energy's refusal to grant export permit extensions to LNG developers that fail to meet a construction deadline poses a new hurdle for greenfield plants.
Alberta producers restart oil and gas operations as wildfires temporarily ease
A number of oil and gas companies in Canada's main crude-producing province Alberta restarted shuttered production as wildfires that sparked widespread evacuations eased, although officials warned conditions could deteriorate.
ADNOC Gas reports Q1 2023 net income of $1.3 B, up 9% year-on-year
ADNOC Gas plc announces its first quarterly financial results since its formation and initial public offering, for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
Finland's Gasum not taking LNG from Russia's Kryogaz
Finnish energy provider Gasum has not been taking cargoes of liquefied natural gas for about a month from the Russian Kryogaz-Vysotsk plant controlled by Novatek citing data from analytics group Kpler.
Europe’s gas prices slide on swollen inventories
Europe has made a relatively slow start to rebuilding gas inventories but stocks were so high at the end of last winter that storage sites are still on course to be full well before summer ends, putting downward pressure on prices.
AXPC releases statement on EPA’s rule proposal on natural gas power plants
EPA released a new proposal that requires very aggressive emissions reductions and imposes requirements not only on new power plants, but also existing ones – making it significantly harder to rework an existing power plant and deterring investment in natural gas generating facilities.
Axens to provide tech for the complete gas treatment chain at CSV Albright Sour Gas Processing Plant in Canada
Axens has been selected to supply the technologies for the Acid Gas Removal unit and the Sulphur Recovery unit of the Albright Sour Gas Processing Plant to be constructed by CSV Midstream Solutions Corp. in Alberta, Canada.
UAE's ADNOC says 'business as usual' in Asia
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company sees no dip in demand from Asian customers as cheap Russian oil flows into the continent on the back of Western sanctions on Moscow, a senior executive said.
Texas Waha natural gas prices turn negative on low spring demand
Spot natural gas prices at the Waha hub in the Permian Shale in West Texas fell into negative territory as pipeline maintenance prevented some gas from leaving the basin and mild spring weather reduced demand for the fuel.
GAIL plans $4.9-B ethane cracker in West India
GAIL Ltd, the country's top gas supplier, plans to build a $4.89-B ethane cracker near its LNG import plant in Western India as it seeks to meet an expected surge in demand.
Indian court upholds tribunal ruling favoring Reliance in gas sale case
Delhi High Court has upheld the ruling of an arbitration panel favoring Reliance Industries and its foreign partners in a dispute over gas migration from fields operated by state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd , a court order shows.
Equinor and partners to invest $9 B in new gas field off Brazil
Equinor and its partners have decided to invest about $9 B to develop the BM-C-33 gas and condensate discovery off Brazil Norwegian company said.
Osaka Gas sees profit jump in FY23/24 after Freeport LNG restarts
Japan's Osaka Gas Co predicted that its net profit will double to ¥116 B in the current fiscal year to March 2024 after the restart of exports from the U.S. liquefied natural gas company Freeport LNG.
Denmark, Sweden sign solidarity agreement on gas supply
Denmark and Sweden have signed an agreement on mutual support in case of gas shortages, the energy authorities of the two countries said.
Norway plans wider gas transport nationalization including at Nyhamna
Norway's plan to nationalize gas pipelines owned by the Gassled company also includes an additional goal to take over other assets, including at the Nyhamna processing plant, a letter from the Norwegian energy ministry to the owners showed.
Equinor's Hammerfest LNG plant offline after outage
Equinor's Hammerfest LNG plant in Arctic Norway suffered a compressor failure and is expected to remain offline until May 19.
New Fortress Energy could install Fast LNG units onshore at Altamira, Mexico
U.S. energy company New Fortress Energy Inc said it could install the second and third of its Fast LNG production units onshore at Altamira in Mexico in the second half of 2024.
Germany's Uniper rides gas price fall to quarterly net profit
German state-owned utility Uniper reported a first quarter net profit of €6.7 B after releasing significant provisions it previously made in the wake of Moscow's move to stop gas supplies.
European gas spike risk lingers says Equinor CEO
The risk of price spikes lingers on the European gas market, depending largely on weather during the peak demand heating season later this year and LNG supplies.
Global gas markets rebalancing and remains tight in 2023
Global gas markets are gradually rebalancing but are expected to remain tight in 2023 amid lower Russian pipeline gas deliveries to Europe.
India's top gas importer sees 'huge jump' in demand as prices ease
India's top gas importer Petronet LNG expects a 'huge jump' in local gas demand for at least six months due to a softening of global prices of liquefied natural gas.
Timor Gap CEO expects Great Sunrise gas project decision by November
The head of East Timor's national oil company said he expects a decision by November on whether to pipe natural gas from its offshore Greater Sunrise project to the Southeast Asia island or to Australia for liquefaction and export.
New York State bans natural gas in some new construction
New York has become the first U.S. state to pass legislation banning the use of natural gas for heating and cooking in some new buildings, a plan designed to reduce carbon emissions but opposed by industry groups as excessive and costly.
Fire breaks out at gas processing plant in Kazakhstan
A fire broke out at a gas processing plant on the Zhanazhol gas condensate field in Kazakhstan, local authorities and the company developing the field said.
Equitrans may still complete Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline by end of 2023
U.S. energy company Equitrans Midstream Corp said it expects federal agencies to issue the required authorizations for its $6.6-B Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia by the early summer.
UAE's ADNOC swaps Fujairah for Ruwais as location for LNG export project
he UAE's state energy firm ADNOC said its planned LNG project would move forward in the Al Ruwais Industrial City in Abu Dhabi and not in the emirate of Fujairah.
Brazil's Petrobras to keep stake in Colombia's deepwater block Tayrona
Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras has abandoned a plan to sell its 44% stake in a promising offshore gas project it shares with Colombia's Ecopetrol and now aims to rapidly develop the field.
Aramco in talks with Sinopec and TotalEnergies for $10-B gas deal
Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco is in talks with refining giant Sinopec Corp and French oil major TotalEnergies for a gas deal of about $10 B.
- Japan's Mitsubishi to acquire stake in Petronas LNG plant
- McDermott awarded Rovuma LNG Phase 1 FEED contract in Mozambique
- Fincantieri LNG-powered Star Princess launched in Monfalcone
- Wood leads industry project to accelerate CCUS with guidelines for CO2 specifications
- ExxonMobil selects Chart Industries’ IPSMR® liquefaction technology for Mozambique LNG project
- Picarro launches handheld solution for natural gas leak investigation and closed-loop leak management
- Fincantieri LNG-powered Star Princess launched in Monfalcone
- Sonatrach, Saudi Aramco raise prices for LPG by 3%–4% in October
- Amarinth secures $1-MM order of API 610 pumps for Coral North FLNG project in Mozambique
- U.S. LNG exports primed to jump as price arb to Europe opens wide
