Fueling Progress: Uncovering the Southeast Asian LNG Market and Japan’s Strategic Inroads
Southeast Asia’s Gas Consumption After East Asia, Southeast Asia is seen as another engine of global economic growth due to the gradual shift of industrial production to the area from more developed regions. Southeast Asian economic growth will be fueled by a substantial increase in energy consumption, so RBAC’s Global team has focused on this […]
Potential Effects of Australia LNG Supply Disruption Follow Up
We previously covered the potential effects of strikes at key LNG facilities in Australia and how they would affect global prices as well as how the Asian market would respond.1 Woodside Energy has since been able to come to an agreement with the union representing workers at the North West Shelf facility which will certainly […]
MVP Southgate: The Next Domino to Fall
With the “on again off again” nature of Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Status, there was bound to be collateral damage. In our August 2022 commentary “Can Mountain Valley Pipeline Reduce Inflation?” we discussed the background of the project and the benefits it would provide to Virginia customers. These benefits look to be on the horizon after […]
How can Natural Gas Help Pakistan Emerge Stronger from Past Difficulties?
Pakistan’s Energy History Pakistan first discovered natural gas in the early 1950’s in Balochistan, this discovery later came to be known as the Sui gas field1 which today is the largest gas field in the country. A decade later, they discovered the Toot oilfield2, and since that time the oil and gas industry alongside coal […]
Potential Effects of Australia LNG Supply Disruption
LNG plant workers in Australia have taken a vote on whether they may to strike at several key LNG facilities, and with Australia being one of the largest LNG exporters in the world, this could have big consequences for the global LNG market. The LNG plants that these workers may strike at, Northwest Shelf, Gorgon, […]
The New Natural Gas “Swing States”
Long thought of in a political light, the term “swing states” refers to those states comprised of electorates who show no discernable trend toward any party and thus, could “swing” either Republican or Democrat. It is these states who can make or break a politician’s run for office. Soon the term could take on a […]
Is Natural Gas the Future for India and Sri Lanka?
India’s Energy Mix India is now the fifth largest economy by GDP in the world, with the largest GDP growth of any industrialized country currently sitting around 7% per Forbes India. They are also predicted to become the world’s most populous nation this year and within the last 10 years the percentage of households with […]
Can Canada become a leader in LNG Exports?
At the recent LNG2023 conference in Vancouver, Alberta’s Premier, Danielle Smith stated that Alberta has begun talks with British Columbia to greatly expand the reach of Canadian natural gas to more foreign markets such as Europe and Asia to spur LNG exports, displace coal and thus gain carbon credits through reducing global emissions, as outlined […]
Turkmenistan: Struggles with Emissions but Potentially a Bright Future
Turkmenistan’s Struggles with Emissions This coming November, the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) will be taking place. This conference will be focused on carbon capture, utilization, and storage. Turkmenistan has recently been facing pressure from the international community in regard to its significant contribution to methane emissions and it would not be […]
Global Natural Gas Outlook – Is it too soon to be hopeful?
In three short years, Natural Gas and LNG markets have gone through enormous turmoil: a two-year Covid-19-pandemic-induced natural gas demand slump, a labor and supply chain breakdown, and a demand-rebound energy crisis further exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions placed on Russia, all with varying degrees of impact across the different […]
