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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Algeria Signs Series of Deals to Strengthen Role as Top European Natural Gas Supplier
Algeria’s Sonatrach has signed several agreements this year with foreign investors to help boost the state-owned company’s oil and natural gas output under a plan introduced last year. The company has entered several memorandums of understanding (MOU) this year, including with Eni SpA and Equinor ASA to further explore the In Salah and In Amenas…
Scorching Weather in Southeast Asia Boosting Demand for Spot LNG
Southeast Asia’s recent heatwave is leading to a jump in power demand for air conditioning, increasing demand and competition for May and June spot LNG cargoes in the region. Southeast Asia has been suffering a repeat of last summer’s scorching weather as temperatures in Cambodia, Thailand and India soared above 105 F and are expected…
EU Parliament Exploring Ban on Re-Exporting Russian LNG from Bloc’s Ports
The European Commission (EC) this week is considering a ban on transshipments or re-exports of Russian LNG through European Union (EU) ports as part of Brussels’ latest sanctions package. The UK, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Germany have banned Russian liquified natural gas imports, but an EU-wide ban on Russian LNG imports is not included…
Israel Explores Diversifying Natural Gas Exports with LNG Facility
Israel is exploring options for building an onshore or floating LNG (FLNG) facility offshore, potentially expanding the country’s lucrative natural gas exports and its foothold in the global market. Over the past several years, the Israeli Energy Ministry has taken steps to use two of the country’s massive gas discoveries, the Tamar and Leviathan fields,…
Egypt Again Halts LNG Exports to Meet Domestic Demand This Summer
Egypt has halted all LNG exports beginning in May as lower domestic natural gas production has forced the North African country to divert supply to local power demand during the summer months. Last year was Egypt’s hottest summer on record, with temperatures surpassing 95 F. This summer is forecast to have similar temperatures. Egypt’s Ministry…
Japan’s LNG Consumption Expected to Decline This Year
Despite fuel restrictions at four of Jera Co. Inc.’s gas-fired power plants in Tokyo last month, Japan’s LNG imports are again expected to decline this year. Liquefied natural gas stockpiles hit their lowest point since January 2021 last month, when they fell below the five-year average of 2.14 million tons (Mt). Cargo deliveries were delayed…
Groningen Field to Permanently Close as the Netherlands Increases Pipeline and LNG imports
The Netherlands is expected to permanently close the huge Groningen natural gas field, the Dutch Senate announced this week. Groningen, one of the largest gas fields in Europe, caused earthquakes and damage to local communities for more than 20 years, which created debate among politicians, local residents and gas industry supporters for years about whether…
Malaysia Starts Work on Third FLNG Facility to Utilize More Stranded Natural Gas
State-owned Petronas has started construction on Malaysia’s third floating LNG (FLNG) facility to better help it capitalize on stranded natural gas assets amid failing production from other fields. The design and construction of the nearshore facility “is expected to be simpler, and upon completion, has the potential for improved production uptime as it will be…
Structural Growth, Expiring Term Contracts Expected to Support Asian LNG Buying in 2024
Asian LNG buyers continue to snap up cheap cargoes as a mild winter in Europe has left storage inventories there high and more vessels are diverting to the region. But as spot prices move higher, buying activity is already slowing. As temperatures have increased in the last week in North Asia, “we seem to be…
Australian LNG Exports Climb Higher Despite Supply Headwinds
Australian LNG exports have ticked upward so far this year, driven in large part by higher volumes from the country’s east coast facilities. Exports reached 21.5 million tons (Mt) through March 27, up from 20.6 Mt over the same time last year, according to Kpler. The uptick came from the Australia Pacific, Gladstone (GLNG) and…