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Reuters: Qatar Petroleum (QP), the world’s top liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplier, signed a contract on Monday for the first phase of its North Field LNG project expansion, aiming to boost the country’s LNG output by 40% a year by 2026. The expansion, which will take Qatar’s LNG production capacity to 110 million tonnes per […]
Press Release and Bruce Robertson
Pakistan and Bangladesh have already cancelled tenders for LNG imports
14 January 2020 (IEEFA): Emerging markets such as Vietnam, Pakistan and Bangladesh that are turning to liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a source of power are likely to be hit by higher and more volatile prices going forward, according to a new briefing note from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Author […]
Clark Williams-Derry and Tom Sanzillo
For 2021, expect conflict and infighting to further muddy the industry’s prospects
It was a dismal year for oil and gas. As the pandemic sucked the wind from the sails of the global economy, oil demand slumped, stockpiles swelled, prices sagged, capital spending collapsed, debt ballooned, profits evaporated, and bankruptcies skyrocketed. After this torrent of bad news, the energy sector ended the year in last place in […]
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Reuters: Italy’s biggest utility Enel has signed a deal with the Qatar Investment Authority to develop renewable energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, the two groups said. Under the deal, the Qatar sovereign wealth fund will, as a first step, buy half of Enel’s stake in 800 megawatts of its existing renewable capacity in South Africa […]
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PV Magazine India: Recent record-low tariffs in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar are the result of a lower cost of US$ denominated, long-dated financing, major tax concessions and other factors driving prices down in the region, according to the report’s authors Vibhuti Garg, Energy Economist at Ieefa and Jyoti Gulia, JMK Research Founder […]
Press Release and Vibhuti Garg
5-10% annual decline in tariffs estimated for the next decade
29 August 2020 (IEEFA India): A number of countries in the Gulf region have set record-low prices for solar in recent years, leading to hopes that India and other countries may soon be able to achieve similarly cheap – or cheaper – solar tariffs. But a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and […]
Tim Buckley
Seven headwinds are building to sustained growth in coal in Asia
The medium term outlook for thermal coal in Southeast Asia is positive. The region is likely to see a continuation of growing energy demand on the back of strong demographic trends which underpin a strong regional economic growth profile. HOWEVER, INVESTORS AND CORPORATES SHOULD PROCEED WITH EYES WIDE OPEN to the risks of the global […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): LNG developers “need to brace themselves for a continued glut” in world gas markets with rising supplies potentially outpacing demand growth for another two years, the International Gas Union said in an April 27 outlook. “This will mean continued depressed prices,” said the International Gas Union, or IGU. “This is […]
Press Release and Guest Commentary: John Robert
Carbon dioxide output has risen faster than gas production
April17, 2020 (IEEFA SYDNEY) — The massive growth in Australia’s production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has come with an unwelcome byproduct – even bigger growth in the industry’s output of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and climate change. That is the finding of John Robert, a 40-year veteran of industrial economics and process […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): ExxonMobil expects investments in the global LNG sector to slow as the market works through a supply glut that has pushed prices to record lows, CEO Darren Woods told financial analysts during a Jan. 31 earnings call. “Investments in that space will probably slow,” Woods said. “Eventually, the demand will […]
IEEFA: Over US$50 billion in gas power projects and LNG import facilities at risk of cancellation in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam
Pakistan and Bangladesh have already cancelled tenders for LNG imports14 January 2020 (IEEFA): Emerging markets such as Vietnam, Pakistan and Bangladesh that are turning to liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a source of power are likely to be hit by higher and more volatile prices going forward, according to a new briefing note from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Author […]