Sunday, March 15, 2026

Gas Use News

The ruling party of South Korea says that the country will lift its coal cap and increase nuclear production amid the Iran crisis.

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party announced on Monday that the government would lift limitations on coal-fired power generation and increase nuclear plant utilisation to as much as 80%…

Hindalco stops production of aluminium extruded products because of the Iran War, says notice

Hindalco Industries, an Indian company, has halted the production of value-added extruded aluminum due to a gas shortage in response to supply disruptions in the Middle East. This was revealed by a notice from the company.

Russell: The war in Iran has a greater impact on refined fuels than crude oil and importers must act.

Media attention is focused on the loss of up to 20% of crude oil and refined fuels due to the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The rapid tightening in the markets for refined products in Asia is a greater concern.

Hindalco stops production of aluminium extruded products because of the Iran War, notice states

Hindalco Industries in India has halted the production of extruded aluminum, a high-value aluminium product due to a shortage of gas resulting from disruptions to the supply of natural gas to the Middle East…

Alaska LNG CEO: We need more commitments to offtake before we make a final investment decision.

Glenfarne, an energy developer, must secure agreements to purchase a further 3 million metric tonnes of liquefied gas before making any final investment decisions on the $44 billion Alaska LNG project.

Colombia: Venezuela's PDVSA intends to terminate pipeline contract with Ecopetrol

Edwin Palma, Colombia's Energy?Minister, said Venezuela's PDVSA state oil?company intends to terminate a contract with Colombia Ecopetrol?over?the Antonio Ricaurte?pipeline. He claimed…

Rwanda warns that it may withdraw troops to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, which is a heavily insurgent area.

Rwanda has indicated that it may withdraw its troops from the?Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado, where they?help to counter deadly insurgents attacks, if a sufficient and predictable external funding was not provided.

Japan Industry Ministry asks Australia for increased LNG production amid Iran Crisis

Japan's Industry Minister Ryosei AKazawa?on Saturday asked Australia to increase its output of liquefied gas in light of the Middle East crisis. Around 11% of Japan's LNG imports come from the Middle East…

JERA seeks more LNG to hedge growing Middle East risk

JERA, Japan's largest liquefied gas buyer, has begun discussions with global suppliers about possible additional purchases to protect against Middle East supplies worsening. This is…

Japan's minister claims that Europe has done Tokyo a favor by releasing oil stocks.

Ryosei Acazawa, Japan's Minister of Industry, said that Europe did Japan a favor by agreeing to a joint release of oil stockpiles this week in order to reduce the price spikes and'supply crisis' caused by the Iran War.

Venture Global CEO: Global LNG price volatility is'very short term' according to Venture Global

Mike Sabel, Chief Executive Officer of Venture Global, said that the volatility in liquefied natural gas prices caused by the Middle East crisis was "very short-term". QatarEnergy LNG plants are now shut down…

Globally, governments are taking measures to mitigate the impact of Iran's war on energy prices for consumers

Fuel subsidies, price caps and emergency commodity releases are just some of the measures that governments from Asia to Europe have taken to protect consumers from rising fuel and food prices - a result of the U.S.

Baker Hughes reports that US drillers have added oil and gas rigs to their fleets for the second week running.

Baker Hughes, an energy services company, said in a closely-followed report on Friday that U.S. firms added oil and natural gas rigs this week for the second time in a row. The number of oil and gas drilling rigs…

Cyprus targets gas exports in 2028, as the Mid East conflict increases supply tensions

Michael Damianos, the Energy Minister, said that Cyprus could start producing natural gas to?export by?2028. This would 'potentially? strengthen Europe's drive to diversify their energy sources…

Venture Global will proceed with the second phase of CP2 Liquefied Natural Gas project

Venture 'Global announced on Friday that it will move forward with the second phase of its CP2 liquefied - natural gas - project in Louisiana. The second largest LNG supplier in the U.S.

India urges LPG consumers to switch to piped Gas wherever possible

Sujata sharma, an official in the oil ministry, said that India had asked consumers of liquefied petrol gas to avoid buying LPG cylinders out of panic and instead switch to natural gas piped into homes whenever possible.

Naftogaz, a Ukrainian gas transport company, has won a $1.4 billion case against Gazprom.

Naftogaz, the Ukrainian state-owned energy company, announced on Friday that it had won a legal case against Gazprom in Russia over the payment for a debt of $1.4 billion for gas transport.

India's Jindal Steel flags operational disruption due to fuel shortage

India's Jindal Steel said on Friday that it was operating its plants at a lower?capacity due to fuel shortages as a result of the Middle -East war. India's crude, LPG and liquefied…

South Korea is considering energy vouchers and boosting coal, nuclear power

The government of South Korea said that it is looking at providing energy vouchers for vulnerable households to help'subsidise' them if global fuel prices rise in the wake the Middle East Crisis…

TotalEnergies production down 15% due US-Iran War; confirms UAE Outages

The French oil giant said that TotalEnergies has lost 15% of its 'oil and 'gas production as the U.S. Israel war against Iran closes down fields in the Middle East including the UAE, Qatar, and Iraq.