Falling LNG costs and rising domestic gas prices in China have made opportunistic purchases increasingly attractive for non-traditional LNG buyers, which are now putting pressure on state-owned terminal operators to gain access to their ...
Tags: LNG prices, LNG market
China stands to gain much more than oil from deepening Western sanctions on Russia. Already in May, Moscow's tenuous international position prompted it to make concessions in order to sign a landmark gas supply agreement – the "Power ...
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More than half of Asia's gas needs will be supplied by LNG by 2030, Santos Ltd CEO David Knox said Thursday, adding that this will provide the Australian LNG exporter opportunities to grow. Speaking from the Brisbane Mining Club, Knox ...
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Global ports expect to see LNG account for 13% of the bunker fuel market supply come 2020 and 24% by 2025, according to a Lloyd's Register report Monday. Lloyd's global marketing manager Luis Benito shared the observations at a media ...
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Japan's LNG imports in January rose 1.2% from December to 8.18 million mt but fell 0.8% year on year, data released Thursday by the Ministry of Finance showed. Australia was the largest supplier with 1.73 million mt of LNG, up 10.4% year ...
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Asian demand, especially by China, is exploding, but benefits to the nation are years away The global liquefied natural gas war is heating up with an increasing number of companies adding to their production capacities, driven by the ...
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Sustained weak demand from North Asian LNG end-users, reflected in the slump in spot prices, has shown little sign of recovering despite the start of the traditionally stronger summer season. Coming out of the April-May shoulder months, ...
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Only a change in the price formation mechanism will reflect the current supply-demand situation for LNG in Asia, not just a bid to reduce the price level, Jonathan Stern, professor at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, said at a ...
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The Asian LNG spot price is expected to peak at an average of $16.90/MMBtu in 2013, with the LNG market expected to tighten further and freight rates to remain high, Goldman Sachs said in a report released late Monday. "The Japan ...
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Asian LNG prices will remain predominantly oil-linked for the foreseeable future, Shahriar Fesharaki, COO at consultancy Facts Global Energy, said at a conference in Singapore Friday. "Asian LNG price will remain predominantly linked ...
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Japan imported 6.66 million mt of LNG in November, almost stable from October, when imports were recorded at 6.67 million mt, customs data released Thursday by the Ministry of Finance showed. However, LNG imports were down 4.5% from ...
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