Tag: LNG

  • Energy News Blog

    Natural Gas Supply in Europe, A Case Study of Poland by Pierre Jouvellier In the ENERPO Newsletter from September 25, 2015, Lina Nagell and Henrik Vorloeper reported on the progress of the new LNG terminal in Poland: “The LNG terminal at Swinoujscie is likely to reach full capacity in 2018. Jan Chadam, head of state-owned Polskie LNG,…

  • The Week in Review (October 05 – 09)

    The Monitoring Team: Lina Nagell, Fatma Babayeva Due to speculation that demand is picking up, oil surged to above $50 a barrel in NY. OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla Salem El-Badri stated that demand would increase by 1.5 million barrels a day this year, more than previously projected, amid cheaper fuel prices. El-Badri continued to talk up…

  • International Summit at EUSP: Report

    International Summit at EUSP: Report

    Russia in Changing Global Markets: New Challenges and Opportunities International Summit Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2-3 October 2015   By Irina Mironova and Michael Roh On October 2-3, the International Energy Center at the European University at Saint Petersburg held an International Summit “Russia in Changing Global Markets: New Challenges and Opportunities”. Representatives of international energy expert…

  • Energy News Blog

    The Arctic Race – Michael Roh The Arctic region bears strategic importance both as home to new transport routes and new exploration and production area. There are unending debates about the ecological dimension of these developments; however, what caught my eye in the recent news is that some countries are more proactive than another in…

  • The Week in Review (September 14 – 21)

    The Monitoring Team: Lina Nagell, Henrik Vorloeper   Gazprom on Top of the News in European Gas Markets Gazprom’s European export estimate (including Turkey) has increased to 158 bcm, compared to earlier predictions of 152-155 bcm made for this year. Exports totalled 159.4 in 2014. The price for the winter season is expected to be…

  • Energy News Blog

    Energy News Blog  The Future of the EU’s Gas Market: A Roundtable Led by ERIRAS’ T.Mitrova and V.Kulagin Michael Camarda  On Monday, September the 14th, the Higher School of Economics at the National Research University hosted a roundtable discussion on the Future of the EU’s gas market. Tatiana Mitrova, the head of the Oil and…

  • ENERPO Newsletter Top 10

    The Week in Review (September 7 – 14) The Monitoring Team: Fatma Babayeva, Jerry Byers   Investment Troubles in the Era of Low Energy Prices: The Case of the North Sea The article discusses the impact of low oil prices on the highly expensive extraction costs of North Sea oil production. It notes that while…

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    Klaipeda LNG: destined for exports?

    by Sean Berwald (@scbenergy) Klaipeda LNG, Lithuania’s floating import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG), has been hailed as a successful project to increase the energy security, diversity, and independence of Lithuanian energy. However, the project has come in a time of limited market diversity, with Russian gas still exporting over 75% of the natural…