Nasdaq TOKYO – Japan plans to step up its investment role in upstream projects for liquefied natural gas (LNG), to spur new development and boost fuel offtake by its companies, the industry minister said on Friday. Investment in new LNG development worldwide has dropped significantly as a global trend toward decarbonisation grows, although demand, especially in Asia, had risen, even
Reuters TOKYO – Fossil fuels should account for less than half of Japan’s mix of power sources in 2030, a group of ruling party lawmakers proposed on Wednesday as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga aims to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. That would be sharply down from the 75.8% that fossil fuels such as coal
Reuters TOKYO – Japan on Tuesday launched its latest three-yearly energy policy review, with the country grappling with a need to cut greenhouse gas emissions even as the public remains wary over nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster. In its last review in 2018, Japan kept its targeted mix of power sources for 2030 in line with goals set three
From CNBC Qatar will lose its title as the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) within the next year, as Australia ramps up production on a slew of multi-billion dollar export projects. “Australia and Qatar continued to jostle for the title of the world’s largest LNG exporter over the first five months of 2019,” the Australian government said
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Elevate Midstream Partners enters into eight year gathering and treating agreement with Sabine Oil and Gas Elevate Midstream Partners LLC, a private company based out of Houston, has entered into an eight-year gas gathering and treating agreement with Sabine Oil and Gas Corporation, an independent E&P operating exclusively in Texas. The
From The Houston Chronicle Within the next 12 months Australia is likely to surpass Qatar as the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, the Energy Information Administration is forecasting. Australian LNG capacity reached 11.4 billion cubic feet a day this year, more than four times what it was in 2011 and surpassing Qatar’s capacity. Australia “exported more LNG than
From Reuters Chevron Corp (CVX.N) said on Thursday it has launched one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage projects, injecting CO2 into a deep reservoir under an island off Western Australia at its Gorgon LNG project. The carbon storage project was delayed by more than two years after Chevron discovered problems with valves and pipeline equipment during commissioning
From Reuters An inexorable decline in spot market prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is pushing utilities in Japan to be more aggressive in price reviews built into traditional long-term contracts linked to oil prices, lawyers and analysts said. The utilities are also looking to buy more LNG on the spot market, where prices LNG-AS are plumbing three-year lows and
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Japanese company Osaka Gas to acquire Texas-based Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation Osaka Gas, a vertically integrated Japanese energy company, has entered into a definitive agreement with Houston-based Sabine Oil & Gas Holdings to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of its subsidiary, Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation. Should the deal
From the EIA Saudi Arabia’s crude oil production approached a four-year low in May 2019, averaging an estimated 9.9 million barrels per day (b/d), more than 1 million b/d lower than its all-time high in November 2018. Production in Saudi Arabia dropped following a December 2018 agreement by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Two vessels seriously damaged after seemingly intentional strike Two tankers were attacked Thursday near the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman, leading to a spike in oil prices as markets opened today. U.S. officials are blaming Iran for the incidents; however the country has vehemently denied any involvement. Source:
Upbeat state visit overweight on optics, but visit to potent warship signals upgraded trajectory for Japan-US alliance From Asia Times US President Donald Trump’s state visit to the Land of the Rising Sun started on Saturday. With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe facing elections in both houses of the Diet in July, and with Trump facing mounting challenges on the
