Therese Robinson started her energy career in London covering international oil and gas markets. She was managing editor-Europe at Platts, director of Standard & Poor’s Credit Ratings division, and managing editor at UK consultancy, Gas Strategies. She also served as business development and crude editor for Argus. As both project director and managing editor, she launched Natural Gas Daily for Interfax Energy Services. She is from New England.
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Buyers and Sellers Find Matches on European Union’s Joint Natural Gas Purchasing Platform
European Union (EU) natural gas buyers and sellers found a match under the new AggregateEU platform launched by the European Commission (EC) for joint gas purchases. The platform was created last year to help avoid the price hikes seen last summer in Europe and to reduce reliance on Russian pipeline imports. Out of the total…
May 16, 2023
Petronas Looks to Expand Natural Gas Export Capacity Beyond Malaysia
Malaysia is aiming to increase LNG capacity to 55 million metric tons/year (mmty) by 2030 with state-owned Petronas spearheading plans to expand domestic projects and find new supply sources abroad. Petronas, which reported record high earnings in March, has designated $13.5 billion for natural gas and oil developments over the next four years. A significant…
May 5, 2023
Europe’s LNG Infrastructure Buildout Seen Colliding With Climate Goals
The European Union’s (EU) plans to significantly increase LNG import capacity continues to draw mixed opinions and raise concerns over whether the expansion would conflict with decarbonization targets and aspirations to dramatically boost renewable energy supplies this decade. To bring in enough LNG to gain independence from Russian natural gas, the EU aims to increase…
May 2, 2023
Despite Diminished Role, More Russian Natural Gas Could One Day Flow to Europe Again
More than a year after the invasion of Ukraine, it still remains unlikely that Russia will regain its role as the European Union’s (EU) leading natural gas supplier, but an eventual increase in the country’s exports to the continent isn’t out of the question. A top supplier to the EU, Russia exported about 140 billion…
April 28, 2023
Despite Spring Lull, Competition for LNG Could Heat Up Between Asia, Europe as Year Unfolds
Competition to secure LNG cargoes for next winter could intensify as the year progresses, but to what extent Europe and Asia face off depends heavily on a variety of factors, including plant outages, supply, demand, and of course, the weather. The global liquified natural gas market has mixed forecasts on what direction top Asian LNG…
April 26, 2023
Limiting Russian LNG Imports in Europe Seen Yielding Little Benefit
If European Union (EU) countries decide to limit Russian LNG imports, the decision could result in potentially disruptive outcomes for global natural gas markets, according to analysts. Last month, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson urged EU members and companies to stop buying Russian liquified natural gas, and not to sign any new gas contracts…
April 18, 2023
Dutch Government Shutters Most Groningen Natural Gas Production Sites
The Dutch government earlier this month shuttered six of the 11 Groningen natural gas production sites, and they will not be used for the rest of this gas year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. The decision not to increase Groningen output was made by the government early last year. However,…
April 11, 2023
Iran Faces Uphill Battle in Push to Revive LNG Export Projects
Despite holding the world’s second largest natural gas reserves and having Russia as a new partner, Iran faces challenges to revive one of its three LNG export projects. Iran, the world’s third largest gas producer, shares the giant North Dome/South Pars field with Qatar, but it has fallen far behind in developing its reserves to…
March 29, 2023
Emerging LNG Buyers May Struggle with Natural Gas Supply Costs as Import Projects Progress
New Asian LNG buyers are making forays into the spot market amid a drop in regional prices, but global volatility and the risk of more price spikes could create hurdles for government policies to reduce reliance on coal. Asian spot prices fell in February and March because of a mild winter, lower demand from Europe…
March 23, 2023
Russia Wants to Triple LNG Exports by Opening More of Its Natural Gas Fields
Russia aims to nearly triple LNG exports to 100 million metric tons/year (mmty) by 2030 by expanding the list of natural gas fields allowed to export the super-chilled fuel, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said in a televised government meeting earlier this month. Draft amendments aimed at achieving that goal would “legally free up reserves for…
March 22, 2023