June 1, 2013
House Bill (HB) 4 expands the authority of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) and establishes it as an independent corporation of the state.
May 1, 2013
Australia’s domestic gas market consists of three geographically and economically separate markets: the eastern, western, and northern markets.
April 1, 2013
Canada’s British Columbia (BC) province is planning to become the most competitive LNG production centre in the world.In line with this goal...
March 1, 2013
Austria’s largest transmission system operator (TSO), Gas Connect Austria GmbH, has developed a Coordinated Network Development Plan for 2013–2022.
February 1, 2013
In December 2012, four transmission system operators (TSOs)– FluxSwiss Sagl (FluxSwiss), Fluxys TENP, Fluxys Belgium SA (Fluxys Belgium), and Snam...
January 1, 2013
With the discovery of commercially exploitable reserves of oil and gas in Uganda over the last decade, the country’s oil and gas sector is witnessing a policy shift.
December 1, 2012
South Africa’s energy industry is abuzz with its new-found enthusiasm for gas. The country which is heavily dependent upon its coal reserves to meet its energy...
November 1, 2012
The last few years have witnessed several instances of leakages and explosions in oil and gas pipelines in the United States. Under increasing pressure...
October 1, 2012
Algeria is an important hydrocarbon producer and exporter. In the past few years, it has been facing stagnating conventional oil and gas production.
September 1, 2012
The European energy regulatory bodies have been actively pursuing their energy policy objectives, which entail the development of competitive markets...
August 1, 2012
Long delays in securing environmental approvals for big infrastructure and energy projects have often led to the suspension or abandonment of these projects due to...
July 1, 2012
Indonesia, the largest producer of gas in Southeast Asia and the second largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in the world, is experiencing a shift in its position.
June 1, 2012
The recent gas discoveries in Israel, which has so far been a natural resource-constrained economy, have led the government to develop and...
May 1, 2012
The National Energy Strategy (NES) 2012-26, recently released by the Mexican government, provides a long-term framework for the development of the ...
April 1, 2012
Over the past few years, there has been a tremendous growth in the natural gas reserves of Brazil. In 2000, the share of natural gas in Brazil’s energy mix was negligible.
March 1, 2012
The European Union (EU) aims to achieve a fully functional, interconnected and integrated internal energy market for the region by 2014 so as to allow natural gas and electricity..
February 1, 2012
On January 3, 2012, the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (Pipeline Safety Act, 2011) was signed into law by the US president.
January 1, 2012
Natural gas is high on the policy agenda of Colombia. The country is implementing various measures to expand its natural gas industry and to attract investment.
December 1, 2011
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, despite sitting on huge natural gas reserves, has been struggling to meet rising domestic gas demand in the recent years...
November 1, 2011
Last month, the European Commission (EC) once again demonstrated its commitment to build a Europe-wide single energy grid. On October 19, 2011, the EC proposed a plan to speed up and aid financing of key projects to expand and strengthen Europe’s energy networks over the 2014–20 period. The new proposal specifies regulations on guidelines for the development of the Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E).