Brazil Hikes LNG Imports On Southern Drought
Brazil is back in the spot market after a relatively quiet 2011, with recent buying activity from state-owned Petrobras…
US Export Applications Soar as LNG Interest Builds
Export applications totaling over 13 Bcf/d have now been received by the US Department of Energy from eight separate…
Monetization Options Eyed For Israel’s Leviathan Field
After recently sizing up the reserve base at Israel’s giant Leviathan field to 17 Tcf, operator Noble Energy is…
Shippers Face Heightened Piracy Threat
Yemen LNG’s Francois Rafin warned delegates at this month’s CWC LNG Summit in Rome of a growing threat to…
Cheniere Sells Out Two LNG Trains At Sabine Pass
Cheniere Energy is tantalizingly close to lining up the requisite commitments to underpin the first liquefaction phase at its…
Imports East of Suez Hit Record High as Demand Surges
Shuttered nuclear plants in Japan and robust economic growth elsewhere in the region have sent LNG demand up to…
Marcellus Shale Sends Terminal Operators Scrambling
The US Geological Survey has dramatically boosted its assessment of Marcellus shale reserves in the Appalachian Basin to 84…
Carbon Tax Unlikely To Derail Australia’s LNG Industry
After nearly four years in power, Australia’s ruling Labor Party has moved to legislate a carbon emissions tax starting…
“Ponzi Scheme” Keeps US Market Well Supplied
Conjuring up images of the dot-com bubble of the late-1990s, the industry leveled charges of unprofessional journalism against a…
Public Opposition To Shale Gas Fracking Rises In US
Shale gas may have transformed the natural gas industry in the United States, but the widespread use of fracking…
