By John Lee. Iraq's Basra Gas Company (BGC) has exported a record shipment of 25,000 tons of condensates, the largest shipment ever exported by the company. Andrew Weir, CEO of BGC, said the shipment was a "major achievement that will boost export rates and enhance Iraq's financial revenues." "Iraq has the potential to be a
Continuing problems challenge Egypt’s ambition to become a major regional energy hub. They also undermine the country’s ability to maintain, let alone increase, LNG exports to Europe, as envisaged by the MoU it signed with the EU and Israel in June last year. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 8]
Britain’s electricity and gas grid operators said on Thursday they expect to have sufficient supplies this winter, with more power generation available than last year and brimming gas stores across Europe, but cautioned geopolitical risks remain.
Russia s State Duma, the lower house of parliament, plans to pass a bill in October authorizing the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from subsoil areas of the Arctic region north of the 67th parallel north, Pavel Zavalny, the chairman of the State Duma Energy Committee, said Wednesday.
Declining indigenous supply will pose added energy security concerns for the region, according to the ASEAN Centre for Energy. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 8]