Natural gas

Market Analysis

Origin Braces for Tougher Year as Virus Hammers Energy Markets

Australian power giant Origin Energy is bracing for a tougher-than-expected year ahead as lower wholesale electricity prices erode profits and the oil price cra…

LNG

Renewables Could Cut LNG Plant Emissions by 8%

Using renewable energy could help the Asia Pacific region cut carbon emissions from liquefied natural gas plants by 8%.

LNG

Low Gas Prices Could Derail Papua New Guinea’s LNG Ambitions

Papua New Guinea first started producing liquefied natural gas in April 2014 when the flagship $19bn PNG LNG project came on-line months ahead of schedule.

Energy Storage Battery

Vistra Approved to Build a Grid Battery Bigger than All Utility-Scale Storage in the US Combined

A permit to expand Vistra’s natural gas-fired Moss Landing generation station to 1,500 MW/6,000 MWh has been approved.

Gas power plant

Natural Gas Leads US Power Generation in H1

Cheaper U.S. natural gas prices helped the U.S. Lower 48 states to increase gas-fired power generation by 9% year-on-year in the first half of 2020.

LNG

Sempra Energy Says Cameron LNG Plant Launches Full Commercial Operations

US energy company Sempra Energy said late Monday its $10 billion Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Louisiana has started full commercial op…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Rapidly Shutting Coal in Favour of Natural Gas

Since 2010, utilities have retired or announced the closure of more than 500 coal-fired power plants in the U.S.

LNG

Chevron Can Make Lsrael’s Leviathan a Global Gas Supplier

According to the chief executive officer of Delek Drilling, Chevron’s entry into Israel’s Leviathan natural gas field will help deliver the technical and mark…

Oil & Gas Trade

Ukraine to Increase Domestic Natural Gas Production

Ukraine’s largest natural gas producer, Ukrgasvydobuvannya, will increase domestic natural gas production, reduce the country’s dependency on imports and impr…

Energy Transition

BP CEO on Clean Energy Transition, Natural Gas, Trading

Aug.05 -- Bernard Looney, chief executive officer at BP Plc, discusses the company’s clean energy transition, the natural gas business and the trading business…

The 20 Countries with the Highest Natural Gas Production from 1970 to 2018

Which country produces the most natural gas?

Oil Pipeline

Equitrans Confirms Early 2021 Startup for Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline

U.S. pipeline company Equitrans Midstream Corp said on Tuesday it still expects to complete the $5.4 billion Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virg…

Cyprus

EU Banks Support Natural Gas Adoption in Cyprus

The Natural Gas Infrastructure Company of Cyprus has secured a €80 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Oil & Gas Trade

Ukraine Says no Plans to Resume Gas Purchases from Russia

Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz said it would not resume buying natural gas from Russia.

Energy Technology

Canada to Announce Blue Hydrogen Blueprint

The federal and Alberta governments are seeking to build on existing hydrogen and natural gas production, with longer term plans for green hydrogen.