1. Asian LNG Imports Hit Record High In 2016; Global Supply Glut Yet To Come

    ...p 5’ reached 175.1mn tons in 2016, up 4.7% on 2015’s 167.5mn tons and 1.2% above the previous record of 173mn tons set in 2014. The record came despite Japanese demand falling and that from Korea remaining stagnant in 2016. Buying was supported by nuclear plant outages especially in Korea and st...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 10 Mar 2017
  2. UAE Generators Struggle To Take Their Foot Off The Gas

    ...ban development. In 2015 Fewa imported a total 12.587TWh of electricity from Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company (Adwec). Adwec says the peak import rate was 2.264GW, a 12% increase on 2014’s peak of 2.024GW. Like the other UAE electricity authorities, Fewa is also considering alternatives to ga...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 10 Mar 2017
  3. Opec Output Edges Down But Saudi Wary Of ‘Free Riders’

    ...c16 Jan17 Dec16 2016 vs 2015 2015 2014 S Arabia* 9....

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 10 Mar 2017
  4. IEA Warns Of Capacity Squeeze Unless Investment ‘Rebounds Sharply’

    ...% cut in upstream investment over 2014-16 will have to be rapidly reversed if the world is not to face a supply crunch and a spike in prices towards the end of its forecast period.  As such the IEA essentially repeats warnings in its inaugural World Energy Investment Report, released last Se...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 10 Mar 2017
  5. UK Pledges Funds For Reconstruction Of Iraq’s IS-Ravaged Areas

    ...’ish [IS].” Britain is a main partner in the US-led coalition that is currently assisting Iraq to defeat IS, which overran large swathes of Iraq in 2014. Iraqi forces backed by US support are currently battling IS to liberate Iraq’s second city of Mosul in the north of the country. The of...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 10
    Published at Fri, 10 Mar 2017