The Biden administration and Democrats are pushing back against a years-long trend in energy policy that was set in motion by their own former leader. In tandem with actions aimed at protecting the climate, former President Obama pursued an aggressive policy of natural gas exports — one which President Biden continued for most of his…
Russia will use alternative routes and supplies of sea-borne liquefied natural gas in case Ukraine does not extend the deal on Russian gas transit to Europe, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. The current five-year agreement between Moscow and Kyiv about Russian gas transit to Europe expires in the end of 2024.
Iran boasts the second-largest natural gas reserves in the world, but systemic problems mean that it is struggling with supply shortages. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 12]
Russia will continue to reorient its gas exports to new markets with an emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region and increase supplies through the Power of Siberia pipeline, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday.
With Bolivian gas in crisis and Argentinian shale gas production surging, the southern cone’s gas flows are changing fast. Brazilian LNG importers appear to be betting on strong electricity demand maintaining gas’s pivotal role in the electricity generation sector.