Gas
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2020, July, 7, 16:15:00
NORD STREAM 2: DANISH APPROVAL
In early June, Nord Stream 2 asked -- as a precautionary measure -- for an amendment to its Danish pipelaying permit to allow the potential use of pipelay ships that use anchors for positioning.
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2020, July, 6, 11:00:00
RUSSIA'S GAS FOR EUROPE
Russia's gas flows remain well down on last year, with supplies in June down 20% year on year.
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2020, July, 6, 10:55:00
U.S. ENERGY LOOSES
U.S. oil and gas extraction businesses shed 1,200 jobs last month.
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2020, July, 6, 10:40:00
U.S. GAS KILLING
While long heralded as a cleaner alternative to coal and heating oil, gas is now getting shoved aside in the fight against climate change
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2020, July, 3, 11:40:00
NORD STREAM 2 COMPLETION
Just 160 km (99 miles) of Nord Stream 2 is left to lay in Danish waters out of the total 2,460 km length after the US first implemented sanctions in December.
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2020, July, 3, 11:05:00
WORLDWIDE RIG COUNT DOWN 103 TO 1,073
The worldwide rig count for June 2020 was 1,073, down 103 from the 1,176 counted in May 2020, and down 1,148 from the 2,221 counted in June 2019.
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2020, July, 3, 11:00:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 2 TO 263
U.S. Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week to 263, Canada Rig Count is up 5 rigs from last week to 18
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2020, July, 2, 11:45:00
U.S. NONFOSSIL SOURCES: 20%
About 20% of U.S. energy consumption in 2019 came from sources other than fossil fuels
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2020, July, 2, 11:40:00
LNG FOR INDIA: 1 MLN TONS
India wants to raise the share of natural gas in its energy mix from to 15% by 2030 from 6.2% now and is scouting for affordable gas for its price-sensitive customers.
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2020, June, 30, 12:45:00
CHINA'S GAS DEMAND WILL UP
The potential is very high. China's demand for gas will grow at a very high pace. Last year, gas consumption in China grew by almost 10 per cent, thus exceeding 300 billion cubic meters. In 15 years, the demand for gas in the country may double.
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2020, June, 30, 12:30:00
MORE GAS FOR GERMANY
"Natural gas can make a vital contribution to economic recovery in Germany and Europe – without compromising climate protection targets," Wintershall Dea board member Thilo Wieland said June 29.
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2020, June, 30, 12:25:00
U.S. LPG TO CHINA UP
This is a record high monthly volume from the US, and made it the largest LPG supplier to China in May. It eclipsed the previous record high monthly import from the US of 475,092 mt in December 2017, historical customs data showed.
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2020, June, 30, 12:15:00
SHELL WRITE OFFS $22 BLN
Shell, the world’s largest fuel retailer, said it expected a 40% drop in sales in the second quarter from a year earlier to about 4 million barrels per day (bpd), although that is more than its earlier prediction of a drop to 3.5 million bpd.
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2020, June, 29, 14:20:00
EXCELLENT GAZPROM RATINGS
This shows that the agencies consider Gazprom's creditworthiness to be excellent even amid the instability at energy markets.
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2020, June, 29, 13:50:00
ALASKA LNG DOWN TO $39 BLN
AGDC has revised the cost of the project by US$5.5bn,