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In our article US LNG Exports: March Madness and the Road to the Final Four Projects, we predicted that Freeport LNG would make it to the final round of US LNG export projects approved by the US Department of Energy (DOE). According to a Freeport LNG news release issued on Friday...
Spiralling development costs for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects were firmly on the agenda at the LNG 17 conference in Houston. Daniel Yergin, chairman of energy consultancy IHS Cambridge, said it was the single most important factor which would determine whether projects...
In preview of Shell's LNG conference taking place in Houston this week - LNG 17 - Andy Brown, Upstream International Director, provided journalists a window into how Shell envisions the robust LNG market going forward, as well as the global outlook for gas. From his remarks...
For basketball fans, nothing is better than March Madness where sixty-four college basketball teams line up with a shot to win it all after a series of games played throughout the month of March. As the NCAA tournament progresses, the field is eventually split into four groups of 16 teams known...
Risk management service provider Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has today launched its Recommended Practice for shale gas over the entirety of its life cycle, which aims to provide guidelines and policies for the safe extraction of shale. DNV says the Recommended Practice guide will help to ensure...
One of the biggest differences cited for why shale gas is successful in America, and may be less so in Europe, is ownership of mineral rights. The story goes something like this: the landowner in the US gives permission for the gas company to come in and set up their rig and frack for gas. Thus the noise...
Natural gas as an energy source is a smart move in the battle against global climate change and a good transition step on the road toward low-carbon energy from wind, solar and nuclear power. That is the conclusion of a new study by Lawrence M. Cathles, Cornell professor of earth and...
IEA sets out the “Golden Rules” needed to usher in a Golden Age of Gas Exploiting the world’s vast resources of unconventional natural gas holds the key to a golden age of gas, but for that to happen governments, industry and other stakeholders must work together to address legitimate...
According to Carlos Morales, Petroleos Mexicanos’ head of exploration, Mexico’s shale gas resources range from 150 trillion cubic feet to 460 trillion cubic feet Morales, who is at a conference in Warsaw, said the country’s shale’s potential may prove to be seven times as large...
Foreign energy leaders touted their countries’ potential for unconventional oil and gas production at the CERA Week 2012 energy convention in downtown Houston Tuesday, hoping to follow the United States’ boom in developing shale gas and tight oil resources. Officials from Colombia, Argentina...