Gas
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2015, May, 28, 18:45:00
LNG FOR EUROPE
The European Union is forging, albeit with considerable debate and obstacles due to the national strategies of its member states, a long-term Energy Union that has natural gas as its basic component. EU energy diversification tools, which include LNG, see LNG steadily emerging as a basic method to achieve its Energy Union goals.
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2015, May, 28, 18:40:00
ISRAEL'S GAS POLICY
Discoveries of natural gas offshore Israel signalled the eastern Mediterranean as a new frontier for the development of natural gas resources. The gas discoveries provide a unique opportunity for Israel to change its mentality vis-à-vis neighbouring countries and view the resources as a tool for strengthening regional cooperation and solidarity through energy diplomacy. While security concerns in Israel remain paramount, diplomacy in the context of the eastern Mediterranean transcends traditional foreign and security policy considerations, and attempts to use economic and commercial means to interlink the countries of the region through energy relations.
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2015, May, 28, 18:30:00
VENEZUELA & RUSSIA INVESTMENT: $14 BLN
Venezuela and Russia's top oil producer, Rosneft, have agreed on around $14 billion in investment in the South American OPEC country's oil and gas sector, President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday evening.
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2015, May, 28, 18:20:00
UK OIL & GAS REGULATOR
The UK's new Conservative government is planning an energy bill to set up the new Oil and Gas Authority with the powers it needs to become a "robust, independent and effective regulator"
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2015, May, 27, 18:05:00
TURKMEN GAS RISING
Turkmenistan is systematically increasing the volumes of contracts for the gas supply to China. And taking into account the growing demand for gas in China, the gas supplies from Turkmenistan to China will continue to grow.
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2015, May, 26, 18:55:00
EU GAS STORAGE
To ensure one of the most valuable parts of the gas sector is protected, assigning responsibility and ensuring a fair price for gas storage operators may prove essential to the continent’s security of supply.
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2015, May, 26, 18:50:00
RUSSIA & MACEDONIA GAS
To help Gazprom reach Central European markets, Russia has advocated the construction of a pipeline that would run from Greece to Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary
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2015, May, 26, 18:35:00
EGYPT'S GAS INVESTMENTS: $13 BLN
The total volume of Egypt’s investments projected for the drilling and extracting natural gas has reached US$13 billion
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2015, May, 22, 17:35:00
CHINA'S GAS DEMAND UP
The World Bank’s private lending arm is targeting investments in natural gas companies in China, the largest growing market for the fuel.
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2015, May, 22, 17:30:00
U.S. GAS IMPORT
U.S. net imports of natural gas decreased 9% in 2014, continuing an eight-year decline. As U.S. dry natural gas production has reached record highs, lower domestic prices have helped to displace natural gas imports. Net natural gas imports (imports minus exports) totaled 1,171 billion cubic feet (Bcf) in 2014, the lowest level since 1987.
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2015, May, 20, 19:00:00
RUSSIA & CHINA: NO SANCTIONS
Russia is developing non-dollar financing and ties with China in the face of U.S. and EU sanctions
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2015, May, 20, 18:55:00
CHINA NEEDS U.S. LNG
"The Chinese market is a very interesting market for us. I wouldn't be surprised if in the future we are delivering LNG to China. And not necessarily small buyers, big buyers as well," said Zanen on the sidelines of the Asia Oil and Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur, declining to give more information.
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2015, May, 20, 18:50:00
CHINA & U.S. RISKS
China's land reclamation around reefs in the disputed South China Sea is undermining freedom and stability, and risks provoking tension that could even lead to conflict, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a conference in Jakarta.
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2015, May, 15, 18:55:00
U.S. SHALE WILL BACK
Saudi Arabia strategy was an attempt to put pressure on high-cost producers such as the US shale drillers.
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2015, May, 15, 18:50:00
U.S. LNG: NO CHINA
The U.S. Department of Energy has advised American companies not to allow Chinese companies to invest in U.S. liquefied natural gas export projects, the head of one such venture told Reuters on Thursday.