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With 190 conditions, Canada gave its approval to the Pacific NorthWest LNG project in western British Columbia.

BP Trinidad & Tobago’s (BPTT) Pres. Norman Christie has warned the Trinidad and Tobago government that BPTT’s $5-billion investment could be under threat if it does not provide clarity on where future natural gas supplies will go and the prices they will attract.

Improvements in technology have increased global natural gas supplies, but delivery problems caused by US and international politics have kept vibrant worldwide markets many people expected 5 years ago from materializing, a senior fellow at the Istitut…

Even as production of natural gas rebounds next year, Egypt will have difficulty recovering its role as a steady exporter of LNG, says Facts Global Energy (FGE), London.

BP PLC’s Global Chief Economist Spencer Dale has forecast that the US Henry Hub will be the benchmark for global LNG prices into the future. He said US LNG will be the marginal source of global supply and therefore LNG prices are likely to be determined by prices at Henry Hub.

It is time for the US to take a fresh, comprehensive look at its energy security policies so they reflect 21st century energy market changes, challenges, and needs, US Energy Sec. Ernest G. Moniz told a US House Energy and Commerce subcommittee.

Europe could reduce its dependence on Russian natural gas by as much as 30% if it used more of Portugal and Spain’s LNG import capacity, a Portuguese government official told a Washington audience.

Emphasizing that significant challenges remain, two US government officials told two US House Foreign Affairs subcommittees that progress is being made in helping Israel and Cyprus develop their offshore natural gas resources in the eastern Mediterrane…

Gazprom and Nogaholding of Bahrain have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in liquefied natural gas.

Southeast Asia’s long-term oil and gas security remains uncertain despite current global supply abundance and low prices, the National Bureau of Asian Research’s Energy Security Program director told a US House Foreign Affairs subcommittee.