*Production to be increased by adding a new train *LNG production capacity to go up by 43% *Delivery of LNG from new project expected either in end-2023 or early 2024 Qatar Petroleum…
The case against climate despair
By Carl Bildt /Stockholm Heat waves and extreme-weather events across the Northern Hemisphere this summer have brought climate change back to the forefront of public debate. Early analyses strongly suggest that natural…
Trump’s Trade War Escalation Puts U.S. Energy in Crosshairs
U.S. gas is under threat as a trade war with China escalates. China may target American liquefied natural gas in retaliation for a fresh round of duties announced Monday by the U.S….
Can Trump win if he escalates his trade war with China?
Bryce Baschuk Washington/Geneva US President Donald Trump is threatening to intensify an ongoing trade war by rolling out tariff s on $267bn worth of Chinese exports to the US, on top of…
Trump presses OPEC to reduce prices as crude trades near $80
New York: US President Donald Trump resumed his criticism of Opec, saying on Twitter that the body “must get prices down now!” Trump’s fresh intervention in the oil market comes before a…
Turkey slashes growth forecasts to boost investor confidence
Reuters Ankara Turkey sharply cut its growth forecasts for this year and next yesterday, but disappointed investors who had hoped for a plan to help banks and a deeper reduction in the…
30% LNG output surge by 2024 to ‘drive Qatar’s next development phase’: QNB
Qatar’s decision to increase LNG output by 30% by 2024 will “increasingly drive Qatar’s next development phase” as the current multi-year wave of infrastructure spending begins to flatten out in terms of…
China says U.S. putting ‘knife to its neck’, hard to proceed on trade
EIJING (Reuters) – A senior Chinese official said on Tuesday it is difficult to proceed with trade talks with the United States while Washington is putting “a knife to China’s neck”, a…
China Gas stock seen to rally 40% over 12 months
China’s concerted chase for blue skies is making China Gas Holdings a hot stock as the gas distributor carries out an ambitious strategy to convert villages from burning coal to using the…
Iraq’s southern crude oil exports approach record
Reuters/London Oil exports from southern Iraq are heading for a record high this month, two industry sources said, adding to signs that Opec’s second-largest producer is following through on a deal to…