What is happening in Europe—including the UK, by the way, one of the most active energy transitioners—right now is a cautionary tale of magnificent proportions. Europe was in no particular rush to top up its […]
China and Asia are winning the bidding war for natural gas supplies as the northern hemisphere goes into the winter season with woefully low inventories and recovering demand after the pandemic. Just as natural gas […]
Qatar ordered four new liquefied natural gas tankers worth more than 2.8 billion rials ($762 million) from a Chinese shipbuilder, as demand for the fuel booms. State energy firm Qatar Petroleum said Sunday the vessels will be […]
China is escalating its purchases of liquefied natural gas for the winter, exacerbating a global supply shortage and leaving less fuel for energy-parched Europe. China is struggling to secure enough coal to power factories and […]
China banned on all crypto transactions and vowed to root out mining of digital assets, delivering the toughest blow yet to the industry. Crypto-related transactions will be considered illicit financial activity, including services provided by […]
This was the by-line in the Bloomberg article “Europe Faces Bleak Winter Energy Crisis Years in the Making” posted September 18, 2021. How did Europe get to the power crisis that “Just” appeared? Well, is it […]
Iran’s power market is bucking global trends and in the process revealing a key economic buffer that helps the country withstand international sanctions. While European electricity prices spiked over the last month, shutting down energy-intensive industries and […]
The energy crunch in Europe is sparking panic among Asian fuel buyers, causing importers from Japan to India to pay a hefty price for supplies. Worried the eye-watering price of natural gas in Europe will […]
It has been a shift in commodity matrices like never before, where supply and demand are still critical, but not the only factors. Geopolitical, natural gas hunger, low supplies in Europe and Asia, and no […]
In our LNG in Europe Report 2020 (published in October 2020), we commented on the significant impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the LNG sector in Europe (and worldwide). In the early months of […]
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