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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…

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil producer posted record profits for 2022, up nearly 50% year/year, lifted by soaring oil and natural gas prices. Saudi Arabian Oil Co., better known as Aramco, tripled the 2022 profit recorded by ExxonMobil, lifted by higher sales volumes and improved margins for refined products. Commodity prices surged early in the year…

Exporters of LNG from Australia’s eastern coast could be required to divert spot cargoes for the domestic market this winter as the country’s energy market operator forecasts increased peak demand and greater future supply uncertainty. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) recently published an updated outlook of the country’s domestic supply risks and the potential…

Labor strikes blocking Elengy’s Fos Cavaou, Fos Tonkin and Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG import terminals in France that were scheduled to end Tuesday have been extended to March 27 as workers continue to protest the government’s pension reform. Strikes ended last week at Dunkerque LNG, the country’s only other import terminal. 

Canada’s TC Energy Corp. thinks any capacity constraints in Mexico would be solved if the financing for LNG export projects were in place, CEO Francois Poirier told NGI on the sidelines of the CERAWeek by S&P Global Conference in Houston earlier this month. In Mexico, TC is solidifying partnerships with Mexico’s state power utility Comisión…

The United States have burgeoned as a key energy supplier amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, with petroleum product exports doubling from 2010-2022, and the Energy Information Administration (EIA) is expecting this growth to continue.  In the past year of a major global energy reshuffling, average U.S. petroleum product exports grew 7% to 5.97 million b/d…

The Ksi Lisims LNG export project backed by natives and proposed for Canada’s northern Pacific coast has cleared its second regulatory hurdle by qualifying for a British Columbia (BC) government approval process. The BC Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO) said last week it would review the plan by the Nisga’a Nation, Rockies LNG LP and Western…

Qilak LNG is pushing ahead with a plan to invest $5 billion to develop a liquefied natural gas export terminal offshore Alaska that management believes can better compete for Asian demand with PAO Novatek’s Yamal facility in Russia. As offtakers in the Far East are looking to diversify supplies, Qilak plans to differentiate itself from…

U.S. LNG exports rose by 8.6% year/year to average 10.6 Bcf/d in 2022, with demand growth driven by European markets seeking a substitute for Russian supply, according to FERC. Coincidentally, the figure for net exports of natural gas overall – including liquefied natural gas and pipeline exports – also was 10.6 Bcf/d, up slightly from…