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European natural gas prices jumped on Monday after flows reversed on a key pipeline that moves Russian supplies to the continent.  Monday’s price action was the latest to demonstrate how mixed signals from Russia have the European market seesawing. The Dutch Title Transfer Facility and National Balancing Point benchmarks dropped sharply last week, falling from…

Plans to expand natural gas infrastructure across Asia could prove harmful to the region as the world transitions from fossil fuels, according to a new report by environmental advocate Global Energy Monitor (GEM).  GEM said the $379 billion of planned gas-fired power plants, natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals across Asia could…

With limited global supplies and robust demand entering the peak winter season, Raymond James analysts this week boosted their already bullish natural gas price forecasts for this year and 2022. Analysts J.R. Weston and John Freeman said they raised their full-year 2021 Henry Hub average price forecast 6% to $3.70/MMBtu and their expectation for next…

Gunvor Group Ltd. has agreed to employ four newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers as the trading house looks to cut emissions tied to its operations.  Subsidiary Clearlake Shipping is securing long-term time charters with Monaco-based shipowner Celsius Tankers. Celsius expects to take delivery of the new vessels from Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (SHI)…

Qatar’s state-owned oil and natural gas company has announced entry into the Canadian energy patch by picking up a 40% share in a suspended ExxonMobil Canada Ltd. drilling project 270 miles offshore of the Newfoundland capital, St. John’s. QatarEnergy, formerly Qatar Petroleum, described the deal as gaining a foothold in an established producing region by…

EIG Global Energy Partners, a private equity firm that specializes in investments in energy infrastructure, agreed on Monday to pay Origin Energy Ltd $1.59 billion for a minority stake in Australia Pacific LNG Pty Limited, a joint venture with ConocoPhillips and Sinopec.   The liquefied natural gas (LNG) project is the largest by liquefaction capacity on…

Russia has factored heavily into the global dialogue surrounding this year’s energy shortages, particularly as it relates to the country’s role as the leading supplier of natural gas to Europe. Weather patterns, supply chain issues, production outages and the pandemic, among other things, have collided to create shortages of everything from coal and natural gas…

Natural gas futures aimed for the sky on Monday as a much colder turn in the weekend weather models catapulted prices. Aided by a sharp increase in liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand, as well as upcoming contract expirations, the November Nymex gas futures contract jumped 61.8 cents to $5.898. December shot up 59.5 cents to…

The UK government has unveiled an ambitious strategy to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 that would significantly curb reliance on oil and natural gas without phasing them out completely.  The nearly 400-page plan details policies and proposals that build on a “Ten Point Plan” released last year by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The…