The LNG Opposition Team, a group established to derail the plans of Virginia-based AES, which expects to build a liquid natural gas terminal in eastern Baltimore County declared that it has scheduled a press conference at 11 a.m. today in Turners Station. For full story, click here
US imports of liquefied natural gas have almost doubled since the commencement of the year, putting pressure on a domestic market already hit by weak demand and dipping prices . For full story, click here
It is declared that in recent years gas consumption in China has surged sharply and so it has become critically important to improve the energy supply throughout the country. To accomplish this, China is accelerating exploitation of domestic resources and importing oil and gas from nearby Russia and Central Asia. For full story, click here
India declared that it can still join a natural gas deal between Iran and Pakistan, Tehran and Islamabad had signed an agreement on the exports of Iranian gas. For full story, click here
Leading automobile manufacturers declared that they are developing engines that run on compressed natural gas as the availability of natural gas is expected to double by this year-end. For full story, click here
Government declared that it will consider deregulating petrol and diesel prices as also raising rates of natural gas sold by state firms. For full story, click here
Indonesia has asked PT Medco Energi International and state oil firm Pertamina to review their natural gas prices before building a liquefied natural gas plant in Sulawesi. For full story, click here
Because of dipping natural gas prices, Avista Corp. declared that it will ask utility commissioners in Washington for an 8.1 percent dip in rates that would take effect June 1. For full story, click here
A liquefied natural gas industry expert from Houston declared that the new Canaport LNG terminal in Saint John may not be as busy as anticipated when the project began. For full story, click here
South Korea’s imports of liquefied natural gas dipped for the fourth consecutive month in April, compared with a year earlier, because of weak demand from local utilities. For full story, click here
Tuesday, May 26, 2009