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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 […]

Global Waves: Navigating the Ripple Effects of China’s Economic Tide on LNG Markets

Authored by Dr. Ning Lin and Jiaxin Yang. The analysis of China’s potential economic slowdown and its cascading effects on the global LNG market reveals intricate and dynamic interdependencies. The most significant finding is the sensitivity of LNG imports to economic conditions, particularly in China, and how these conditions can instigate substantial shifts in global […]

Potential Impacts of a Hurricane on Gulf LNG Exports

The advent of the LNG Export Era has had a dramatic impact on the North American Natural Gas Market. Nearly 13% of all natural gas produced in North America is shipped overseas to trading partners; exposing domestic customers to international markets. This global market exposure has been highlighted by the events in Ukraine when Russian […]

Is Natural Gas Argentina’s Silver Lining?

Argentina has the second largest shale gas reserves in the world; with a new president having to face the dark clouds of rampant inflation and economic chaos, could their natural gas be the silver lining they are looking for? Argentina’s President-elect, Javier Milei, a free-market economist and libertarian, has a herculean task in front of […]

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 […]

The Role of Natural Gas in South Korea’s Miracle Rise

South Korea is now known as a highly developed economy with a hand in a variety of industries such as electronics, automobiles, telecommunications, chemicals, steel, and shipbuilding.1 However, one of the largest economies in the world by GDP was not always such an economic powerhouse. How exactly was South Korea able to rapidly grow their economy […]

A Natural Gas Crisis in Resource-Rich Colombia

Uncertainty Within Colombia Internal debate over how Colombia should approach developing its domestic resources has created uncertainty over the future of not only the industry, but the country’s energy security. Could Colombia face a natural gas crisis in the near future? The short answer is “yes.” Irene Vélez, the then Colombian Minister for Mines announced […]

The United States is Leading the LNG Charge

Authored by Scott McKenna and Ed O’Toole. It’s said that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Such is the case with the US energy industry and specifically, US LPG and LNG exports. In the early 2000s, many energy experts believed that US energy production had seen its pinnacle and the country was destined […]

Has the Energy Transition Been Cancelled?

The Rush Toward Renewables A bold headline to be sure, but let me explain. the past few decades there has been a huge undertaking to move the energy industry away from traditional fuel sources such as coal and oil, and more recently nuclear and natural gas.  The idea is to replace these fuels with alternative […]

Africa: The Natural Gas Sleeping Giant

Africa’s Potential Africa is a land full of promise, blessed with abundant resources and huge untapped potential in human capital. And when it comes to natural gas, its gas reserves in 2021 were estimated at 625.6 tcf which is nearly equivalent to that of the United States.1 If Africa can properly develop their natural resources, […]