industryterm:gas market

Siberian Gas by Way of London Rescues Chilly Boston - Bloomberg
▻https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-08/boston-imports-gas-from-u-k-site-that-got-first-siberian-cargo

Not many people had expected the U.S. to turn to Europe for natural gas this winter.

Yet the polar chill that gripped the U.S. East Coast this month, and sent spot prices to records, has led to a tanker loading a cargo of liquefied natural gas in the U.K. for Boston, some of which was likely produced by a project in Siberia targeted by U.S. financial curbs.

The Gaselys tanker is due to arrive in Boston on Jan. 22 after loading fuel from storage tanks at the U.K.’s Isle of Grain, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. The vessel docked at Grain shortly after the terminal near London received the first cargo from the $27 billion Yamal LNG plant in Russia’s icy north. 

“Gas from anywhere is profitable into that northeastern U.S. gas market as prices are the highest in the world,” said Trevor Sikorski, head of natural gas, coal and carbon at Energy Aspects Ltd. in London.

Incroyable, mais vrai !

On notera que le Gaselys est un méthanier appartenant à Gazocéan (filiale d’Engie (80%) et NYK Line), sous pavillon français, construit aux Chantiers de l’Atlantique…

Turkish Stream: Increase Competition in Balkan Gas Markets
▻http://www.naturalgasworld.com/turkstream-to-increase-competition-in-balkan-gas-markets-31210

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The $20+Billion TurkStream project of Gazprom may have a surprising side effect. If commissioned, the new pipeline can increase competition in the gas markets in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Macedonia.

Gazprom has designed the TurkStream project to reduce Russian gas transit through Ukraine. In 2015, Gazprom shipped via Ukraine to Europe 64.2 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas, including 16.7 bcm through the Trans

#gaz #europe #russie #turquie #trukstream

Following gas market’s liberalization, 7,000 clients will be forced to choose gas traders
Following the liberalization of Latvia’s gas market in April 2017, approximately 7,000 Latvijas Gāze clients will have to choose their preferred gas traders, LG board member Zane Kotane announced during a virtual conference.

This requirement will not apply to households. It is planned to keep providing them with natural gas at current prices until 3 April 2019.

▻http://bnn-news.com/following-gas-market-s-liberalization-7-000-clients-will-be-forced-to-choo

#Latvia #Latvija #gas_market_liberalization #Aigars_Kalvitis

Iran May Boost Gas Exports to Europe Through Greece Facilities - Bloomberg Business
▻http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-24/greece-seeks-role-as-gateway-for-iran-s-energy-exports-to-europe

Greece is in preliminary talks with Iran to secure natural gas for local needs and provide a gateway for the Persian Gulf nation to supply fuel to other parts of Europe, Greek Energy Minister Panos Skourletis said.
Greece produces little oil and almost no gas, while Iran is a member of OPEC and holds gas reserves that BP Plc ranks as the world’s largest. The countries agreed in January for Iran to supply crude to Hellenic Petroleum SA and buy oil products from the refiner. That deal, possibly Iran’s first such agreement with a European company since the lifting of sanctions, opens the road to cooperation in the gas market too, Skourletis said in an interview in Athens. 
“What’s sure is that Iran wants to start selling its natural gas in liquefied form using ships and is interested in Greece,” he said. The Revythousa re-gasification terminal near Athens is one potential entry point for Iranian gas, and a planned facility at Alexandroupolis in the north of the country is another. Iran is interested in both sites “for exporting to Europe,” Skourletis said.

Breaking the boundaries. The transformation of Central European gas markets

According to the European Council decision of February 2011, the process of creating the European Union’s internal gas market should be completed by the end of 2014. Therefore, it is worth summarising the changes which have taken place in the gas markets of Central Europe so far. The past few years have seen not only a period of gradual ‘marketisation’ of the national gas sectors, but also the building of new gas infrastructure, a redrawing of the gas flow map, and changes in the ownership of the Central European gas companies. Another change in Central Europe is the fact that individual states and companies are moving away from their traditional focus on their national gas markets; instead, they are beginning to develop a variety of concepts for the regional integration of Central European markets. This publication attempts to grasp the main elements of the ongoing transformation of Central Europe’s gas markets, with particular emphasis on the situation in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.

▻http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/point-view/2014-12-10/breaking-boundaries-transformation-central-european-gas-markets
#gaz #énergie #Europe_centrale

Energy and Politics: Behind the Scenes of the Nabucco-TAP Competition

▻http://www.iai.it/content.asp?langid=2&contentid=967

The European Union launched the Southern Gas Corridor initiative with the twofold aim of strengthening the diversification of Europe’s gas sources and transportation routes, and reducing the role of upstreamers in the European gas market. The clear preference expressed by the European Commission - the corridor’s mastermind - for Nabucco was expected to weigh in heavily, allowing the EU-backed project to easily win the competition. However, other factors, beyond political support, ended up tilting the balance decisively in favour of Nabucco West’s final rival, the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). These do not include only the technical and commercial criteria set out by the Shah Deniz II consortium, but also more mundane considerations. Nabucco West’s complex organizational and decision-making procedures, the attractiveness of the exemption from Third Party Access (TPA) granted by the EU to TAP, and SOCAR’s specific interest in the Greek market also influenced the consortium’s final decision. An analysis of the Southern Gas Corridor competition suggests that when it comes to energy, political support and institutional involvement do not always represent the decisive element, and may be counterproductive at times.

#russie #europe #énergie #gaz #nabucco #tap