Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Majors post further losses in Q4, BP, Rosneft make carbon pact, Russian LNG ambitions, Norway hails first 2021 find, Seplat closes financing for $650mn Nigerian gas plant and China enters Brazilian LNG-to-power. Recorded on February 5, 2021.
Feb 05, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Novatek, Uniper explore hydrogen, Croatia launches FLNG, Nigeria signs off on $3bn methanol project, Equinor books $982mn Tanzanian impairment, Biden blocks federal leases, Chevron posts Q4 loss despite oil price rise and S&P warns of oil firm downgrades. Recorded February 1, 2021.
Feb 01, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Rio Grande still on track for 2021 FID, Norwegian licence awards, MEPs renew calls to block Nord Stream 2, ExxonMobil in talks to sell UK business to Neo, IOCs exit Nigerian block in deals worth $1.1bn.
Jan 22, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: New Fortress buys Golar LNG divisions for $5bn, Energean takes FID on Karish North, Regas unit arrives for Ghana LNG project, Total makes fourth discovery off Suriname, Rosneft finds Far Eastern gas and TechnipFMC split plan back on track. Recorded January 15, 2021.
Jan 15, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: EU mulls excluding gas from PCI list, Norway releases Longship CCS funds, Energean seals Edison deal, Canada publishes hydrogen strategy, Karachaganak investors pay $1.3bn to settle Kazakh dispute and Exxon, Vopak consider South African LNG project.
Dec 18, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Denmark calls time on exploration, NLNG extolls gas virtues, Total takes position at ECA LNG, Oman sets up upstream vehicle, Occidental bags UAE block and Energean buys out Israeli partner. https://www.naturalgasworld.com/
Dec 11, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: OPEC+ reaches compromise, Nord Stream 2 construction to resume on Dec 5, Egypt’s Damietta LNG to restart after eight-year break and ExxonMobil takes $17bn write-down on gas.
Dec 04, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jo Peters, secretary general at the Netherlands Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Association, shares his views on the existential challenges facing the Dutch oil and gas sector, from coronavirus disruptions and weak gas prices to high carbon taxes and draconian rules on nitrogen emissions. Interview by Joseph Murphy, News Editor, Natural Gas World. Recorded on November 25, 2020.
Dec 04, 2020•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Sempra takes first LNG FID of year, TAP ready to flow, Rosneft brings on board partner at Arctic megaproject, Norway launches frontier offering and UAE expands world’s biggest 3D seismic shoot.
Nov 27, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marcel Kramer, president of the Delta Energy Institute in the Netherlands, talks to NGW about the Dutch approach to decarbonisation -- the politics, the technology and the education gap -- and how he would manage a just and affordable energy transition. Interview by William Powell, Editor in Chief, Natural Gas World. Recorded November 20, 2020.
Nov 20, 2020•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Armenia, Azerbaijan reach peace deal, Russian energy minister steps down, UK drilling activity collapses, BP scales back Tortue LNG plans, UAE starts flowing unconventional gas and ConocoPhillips makes “substantial” find off Norway.
Nov 13, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Managing Methane Fugitive methane emissions are being targeted as a major contributor to climate change. Canada is a global leader in methane emission monitoring and mitigation, and is on pace to achieve a 45% reduction by 2025, meeting federal requirements. This session will discuss what is being done to minimize the emissions of methane, the gas industry’s most valuable commodity. Moderator: Jackson Hegland, Executive Director of the Methane Emissions Leadership Alliance Panel Larry Frederick,...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Biden declared president-elect, Engie & NextDecade drop LNG talks, Cheniere reports widened losses, Uniper mulls switching German LNG terminal to H2, Tyra restart delayed and more net-zero goals.
Nov 09, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Majors see Q3 recovery, Norwegian exploration slump, US election nears, North American M&A heats up, France blocks US LNG deal, Washington broadens sanctions against Nord Stream 2.
Oct 30, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast LNG Canada and Woodfibre LNG represent Canada’s vanguard on the international LNG stage, but more is yet to come. From ISO shipments out of Vancouver to world-scale projects on the drawing board in Quebec and Nova Scotia, Canada has the potential to play a leading role delivering the world’s cleanest LNG to global markets. What needs to be done to make sure that potential is reached? Moderator: Cameron Gingrich, Managing Partner – Markets and Strategy, Incorrys Panel: Allan Fogwill, CEO, Canadia...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: IEA sees gas remaining energy staple for decades to come, Qatar eyes bigger chunk of UK gas market and Gulf production recovers after hurricane.
Oct 17, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, William Powell, Editor in Chief of Natural Gas World, interviews Frank van Doorn, VP, Head of Trading at Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH. Vattenfall's head of trading shares his views on supply and demand in Europe's energy markets this year. He discusses retail competition, renewable and despatchable energy, green hydrogen, and risk. Recorded on October 6, 2020.
Oct 16, 2020•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anne Harding, of Forum Community Relations, moderated what turned out to be a fascinating Canadian Gas Dialogues discussion Oct. 8 surrounding the issues facing First Nations and other indigenous communities as they interact with western Canadian energy developments. Join Chief Councilor Crystal Smith of the Haisla Nation, Chief Clifford White of the Gitxaala Nation, Alicia Dubois, CEO of the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation and Stephen Buffalo, CEO of Indian Resources Canada as they...
Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Poland ramps up pressure on Gazprom, a week of deal-making and EU eyes tougher climate targets.
Oct 09, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week’s episode of In a Nutshell, NGW discussed Russian-EU energy relations and the energy transition in Europe with Kirsten Westphal , a senior associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. The EU’s energy relationship with Russia centres around gas, and this relationship has evolved significantly over time. Gazprom’s embattled Nord Stream 2 project faces challenges on multiple fronts, not least the threat of further US sanctions, but concerns about the pipeli...
Oct 09, 2020•34 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Total predicts peak oil demand in 2030, Shell announces more cuts, Sovcomflot IPO nears, Saudi Arabia ships world’s first blue ammonia cargo, strike in Norway, probe into Hammerfest LNG fire and Baker Hughes lands Qatari LNG contract.
Oct 05, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Karel Beckman, Editor in Chief of Gas Transitions , a publication by Natural Gas World, discusses with Alex Barnes, Visiting Research Fellow with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, the latest paper he co-authored with Katja Yafimava: EU Hydrogen Vision: regulatory opportunities and challenges Recorded on September 29, 2020....
Oct 02, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: EU seeks to charge ships for emissions, Norway launches $2.7bn CCS plan, China pushes on with pipeline unbundling, GE gives up on coal and East Med states unite in gas supply.
Sep 25, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mac Van Wielingen, founder and partner, ARC Financial and Timothy Egan, CEO of the Canadian Gas Association. The role of natural gas and the energy industry in a post-Covid world. Presented by Dale Lunan, Americas Editor of Natural Gas World. This episode is a recording of the Opening Keynote session of Canadian Gas Dialogues 2020 . It was recorded on September 21, 2020.
Sep 24, 2020•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World , brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Energean clinches more Karish gas deals, Chevron gets Israeli greenlight for Noble takeover, Eni finds extra gas off Egypt, Argentina to advance Vaca Muerta infrastructure and Russia eyes IPO at state shipping giant.
Sep 18, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World , brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: BP’s bearish oil and gas outlook, Kosmos’ $200mn asset sale to Shell, Equinor’s field setbacks and cost inflation claims at Nigeria’s AKK pipeline.
Sep 14, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World , brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Gazprom’s worst quarter in many years, Berlin faces call to drop Nord Stream 2 support and Brazil liberalises its gas sector further.
Sep 04, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Latin American national oil companies (NOCs) have made important advances in slashing emissions from their operations through techniques such as reducing flaring, improving energy efficiency, and injecting CO2 for enhanced oil recovery, according to a new report by the Inter-American Dialogue and the Inter-American Development Bank. Lisa Viscidi, director of the Energy, Climate Change & Extractive Industries Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, joins Dale Lunan, NGW's Americas Editor, to disc...
Aug 24, 2020•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World, brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: BP’s green pivot, Neo closes North Sea takeover and Poland fines Gazprom over Nord Stream 2 financing.
Aug 07, 2020•5 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Murphy, News Editor of Natural Gas World , brings us an overview of the latest main developments impacting the natural gas world. This week: Oil industry sees toughest quarter yet, road to market recovery uncertain and Russia eyes role in possible hydrogen revolution in Europe.
Jul 31, 2020•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast