Pakistan – the manacled LNG player
The last 12 months have seen 3 new LNG consumers added to the growing mix of converts to this cool energy from – Egypt, Jordan, and Pakistan. All have implemented quick FSRU solutions to get into the LNG game and…
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Henry Hub in Europe – Gazproms magic kingdom of sunk cost simulations
The mother of all battles is on in the gas industry. Haven’t seen it yet? Then you must be living on Mars. Gazprom certainly sees it and is rushing out to warn everyone who wants to listen – and those…
Fukushima and why we cling on to ruins
It’s a bit late to write about Fukushima, don’t you agree? If this post were about Fukushima, it would be a bit late. But the issue I am putting my teeth in here is much larger. Fukushima has become a…
Wanna get into LNG? A reality check
Back in early 2012, I dashed down some thoughts I had with a client buddy onto my scratchboard. He was giving “getting himself into the LNG business” some serious thought. Here is what I told him back then: Quote: LNG…
News from the deathbed – how marginal technologies may enjoy a revival because of low oil prices
Free-falling oil prices are blamed for much of the ills of the world – unfairly so as I pointed out many times. The low prices also hold the promise of a better, more efficient, greener, cleaner, more decentralized, and more…
A rude awakening for NWE regasification terminal customers and operators
In the dying days of 2008, a bunch of renegade gas players congregated in Rotterdam to make history. Well, it was certainly not their foremost intention to make history – that was more of some sort of unintended consequence and…
How to beat the chattering donkey
In September this year, it will be 4 years since I have set sail and left the safe harbor. It was a bumpy ride, but besides my wife and my kids, it was the best thing that ever happened to…
One child, two children, 10 children – we need more people on Earth
China has abandoned its one-child policy. It was about time as this draconian measure resulted in one of the most devastating shifts in population patterns the world has ever seen. Armies of males that would never find brides as girls…
Shale, not shallow – the ghosts of hardship
Who knows the tale of Heracles who – for a moment – carries the weight of the heavens on his shoulders? King Eurystheus had charged Heracles with 12 labors to atone for the slaughter of his family. The eleventh labor…
Why the African LNG projects boom fades (will be different)
Until about one year ago, every time I went to Sub-Saharan Africa, I entered a bustling world, awash with cash from black goo. Oil made the new fortunes of many of those countries and gave them a fillip like never…