Austria is looking to expand renewable energy and increase gas imports from Africa to avoid becoming too dependent on liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, Austrian Energy Secretary Elisabeth Zehetner said on Wednesday, as Europe reviews its energy supplies. Austria hopes to increase its gas imports from Africa via the Transmed pipeline to […]
The United States will continue to supply Europe with liquefied natural gas (LNG) at low prices, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Tuesday, Reuters reported. “Can we continue to supply Europe with LNG at low prices? Absolutely, as far as the eye can see,” the US official told a conference in Paris organized by […]
The first shipment of liquefied natural gas from the United States, destined for Bulgaria in 2026, has already arrived at the LNG terminal in Alexandroupolis, according to information from BGNES. The delivery was handled by METLEN, a company that plays a leading role in LNG imports in Southeastern Europe, Novinite writes. METLEN noted that it […]
Russian company Novatek exported 21 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China from its Arctic LNG 2 project last year, according to data provided by Kpler and cited by Reuters. Arctic LNG 2 is under sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States. Another cargo of LNG arrived in China from Gazprom’s […]
Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports saw their biggest increase in three years in 2025, as new production facilities in North America came online. According to a report by shipping data tracker Kpler, liquefied gas exports rose 4% this year from last year to 429 million tonnes. That would be the biggest annual increase since […]
Hungary announced Tuesday the signing of a five-year gas supply contract with the American energy company Chevron, but Budapest will continue to rely heavily on Russia for its fossil fuel supplies, AFP reports. The new agreement between Chevron and the Hungarian state electricity company MVM provides for the annual delivery of 400 million cubic meters […]
The United States is pushing for the European Union to exempt it from data reporting obligations under the EU’s methane regulation until 2035, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a US government document distributed to EU member states. The United States and its gas industry have been lobbying this year to repeal or significantly amend EU […]
Ukraine and Greece signed an agreement in Athens on Sunday for the delivery of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Kiev between December 2025 and March 2026, an agreement aimed at meeting Ukraine’s needs during the winter, while Russia continues to bomb Ukrainian energy infrastructure, AFP and EFE agencies report. Greek public gas company DEPA […]
U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have reached record levels, driven by strong demand from both domestic industrial consumers and European buyers, Oil Price notes. Despite rising natural gas production, the expansion of U.S. LNG exports is threatened by insufficient pipeline capacity to transport extracted gas to liquefaction facilities. New regulations requiring the use […]
Russia’s total exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fell 4.4 percent from a year earlier in the first half of the year to 15.2 million metric tons, amid international sanctions on Ukraine, preliminary LSEG data showed on Wednesday, cited by Reuters. In particular, the United States has imposed sanctions on companies and ships linked to […]
Russia is facing another setback in expanding its liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports after U.S. sanctions halted Moscow’s efforts last year, Bloomberg reported. A vessel carrying LNG has left the Arctic LNG 2 export facility for the first time since October, according to ship-tracking data and satellite imagery reviewed by Bloomberg. The facility was supposed […]
An analysis by The Economist taken over by Energy Press shows that the United States has little chance of harassing the world to sell the enormous quantities of gas that Trump wants, offered in exchange for reduced customs duties to trading partners. For countries that have begun to worry about the huge surcharges imposed by […]
The European Union is ready to commit to buying more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States if it would please President Trump and make him reconsider tariffs on EU imports, the European Energy Commissioner said, writes OilPrice. “There is potential to buy more LNG from the US, but of course it has to […]
Global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is forecast to rise by around 60% by 2040, largely driven by economic growth in Asia, emissions reductions in heavy industry and transport as well as the impact of artificial intelligence, according to Shell’s LNG Outlook 2025. Industry forecasts now expect LNG demand to reach 630-718 million tonnes […]
