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GPCM 23Q4base Forecast Bulletin

The 23Q4base quarterly GPCM database has been loaded to the RBAC website for download.  Below is a short 23Q4base Forecast Bulletin with highlights from this new release.  We have also attached a .pdf for your convenience. For more information or assistance, please call RBAC Technical Support at 281-506-0588 x112.

GPCM version 12.3.2.8 Now Available!

RBAC is pleased to announce the release of GPCM 12.3.2.8. The release includes several important improvements and bug fixes, as seen below. Improvements A new report will create Power BI ready datasets, export them, and open Power BI. We have created a new report for GPCM that will export several sets of data from your […]

RBAC Newsletter 2024 Issue 2

Global Gas Market is Hot Despite the Cold We hope all of our readers are staying warm during this Winter, to help you make it through the end of the month we have a new slate of articles for you to bundle up with blankets and immerse yourself in increasing your knowledge of the global […]

Video: What Would Happen if a Major Waterway were Closed to LNG tankers?

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/903755356/8ae764afcc We all have seen the chaos in the Red Sea with diversions of shipping traffic around Africa. In Panama, low water levels and reduced traffic and increased rates. RBAC’s CEO, Dr. Robert Brooks, has written a very interesting article on what would happen to LNG traffic and markets, should such major waterways be closed […]

Egypt’s Gas and LNG: Global Challenges and Global Ambitions

Egypt has a long and storied history across thousands of years. It has seen the world develop from a hunter-gatherer society to the modern globally connected world. Egypt has long relied on the presence of the Nile River to sustain the country, however in terms of energy the famous river only plays a small part […]

Geopolitics and the Role of Gas in the Energy Transition

What would happen to the natural gas and LNG markets should the major canals and straits be blocked? Will natural gas on the North Slope ever happen? And for that matter, how about Arctic LNG? These are just some of the many topics covered in the enlightening and insightful podcast with Armando Cavanha, industry veteran. […]

RBAC Newsletter 2024 Issue 1

Natural Gas and LNG Center Stage in 2023 With the end of the pandemic announced and most of the world back into production, natural gas maintained its predominance over the world being the great “balancer”, whether as LNG in making up for lost flows in Europe or in many areas where renewables paired with the […]

RBAC Newsletter 2023 Issue 12

The Future of Natural Gas and LNG Keeps Getting Brighter As we move into the last month of the year with holidays on the horizon, we have a shorter list of articles than normal to help ease into the holidays, but don’t worry it is still chock-full of incredible insight into the natural gas and […]

Is Mexico Over Reliant on U.S. Natural Gas?

Mexico: A Gas Nation Mexico’s electricity consumption per capita has grown steadily 4.9% per year since 1985, and it is the top consumer of similar sized emerging markets. Much this electricity is powered by natural gas. Figure 1, Electricity per Capita of Similar Sized Developing Countries. Source: Our World in Data Figure 2, Electricity Production […]