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Low natural gas prices should boost demand growth in the medium term, and the export market could tighten in the mid 2020s, but there remains uncertainty in the forecast in part because of Covid-19, according to Equinor ASA’s 10th Energy Perspectives report.

French energy company Engie SA has indefinitely postponed signing a long-term deal to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the proposed Rio Grande LNG facility in Texas because of French government concerns over hydraulic fracturing (fracking), a person close to the matter told NGI on Friday.

Natural gas is viewed more favorably than other fossil fuels around the world, although sentiment is largely divided along ideological lines, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.

The U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector could successfully work with either President Trump or Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the upcoming presidential election, experts told NGI.  

Natural gas prices and renewable energy capital costs will determine the future electric generation mix in Asia, the continent that’s expected to account for half of the world’s energy consumption by 2050, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Poland has fined Russia’s state-owned Gazprom $7.6 billion and five European companies a combined $61 million for allegedly forming an illegal partnership to build the controversial Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline to bring more Russian natural gas to Europe.

Hydrogen may be the long-term solution to decarbonizing the U.S. energy future, rather than electrification, on the basis of cost and long-term grid capacity, according to a mix of energy thinkers analyzing the future transition away from natural gas and other fossil fuels.

Global oil and natural gas operators could be pushed to sell or trade $100 billion-plus in assets because of the energy transition to alternative fuels, but it’s likely the U.S. portfolios would be off the table, according to a new analysis.

Several Eastern Mediterranean countries have formally established an intergovernmental organization to cooperate in developing the massive offshore natural gas fields in the region, conspicuously leaving out Turkey as a member state.

After setting a record in February, U.S. oil exports declined over four consecutive months amid the shocks of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said.