1. World’s #2 Lng Importer: With Another Record Month In Oct Will China Overtake Korea?

    ...KOREA HAS LONG BEEN THE WORLD’S #2 LNG IMPORTER. IT TOOK 33.5MN TONS IN 2016, SECOND ONLY TO JAPAN’S 83.3MN T. KOREA IMPORTS ARE UP 16% AT 30.2MN T FOR THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 2017… (MN T)   BUT THAT’S NOTHING COMPARED TO THE 48% LEAP IN CHINESE IMPORTS. THESE HAD NEVER TOPPED TH...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 01 Dec 2017
  2. Traders Clean Up In Egypt LNG Import Tender

    ...is is almost 25% higher than the latest spot purchase price – $6.10/mn BTU for November – paid by leading global buyer Japan (MEES, 11 November). MEES understands that Q1 2017 cargoes have been awarded at a slope of 14-15% to Brent and 12% over the remaining cargoes. FSRU DELAY    Oil Mi...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 02 Dec 2016
  3. A New Vision: Kurdistan, A Major Gas Province?

    ...itial 4 bcm/year of natural gas to Turkey from 2017, rising to 10 bcm/year by 2020 and with the option of increasing to 20 bcm/year thereafter (MEES, 11 April 2014). However, Mr Hawrami acknowledged that the KRG’s financial strains mean that the timeline would likely “slip by six to twelve months, to 2019 pe...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 27 Nov 2015
  4. US LNG To Challenge Qatar In Key Asian Markets

    ...A). This could mean additional competition for sales to Qatar’s key Asian customers Japan, China and India, as well as Europe from 2017, when Freeport hopes to begin exports. Of LNG importers only South Korea and Singapore currently have FTAs with the US. Freeport will be able to export a total of 1....

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 48
    Published at Fri, 29 Nov 2013