Is LNG more expensive than pipeline gas?
This is my last post for this year as I go into Christmas recess. I will be back on January 9th, 2017 with tons of fresh analysis poured onto the fabric of global energy. It’s going to be a fantastic…
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The Ethane conundrum
Some time ago, I wrote about the LPG tidal wave that hits us mostly from the US and how it shakes the world in its foundations. LPG (Propane and Butane in whatever mixing proportion you like) is already a pretty…
There is a monster waiting for OPEC – and it’s not shale
So, OPEC has finally shown that they mean business and decided that they would reduce oil supply to prop up prices. I don’t want to belabor the futility of this gesture as I believe that no reduction any OPEC member…
Open letter to President-elect Donald J. Trump
Dear President-elect Donald J. Trump, This letter might be a little odd for you as I am not an American citizen – neither am I a resident of the United States. I live in Europe. However, the problems afflicting this…
Distributed electricity Generation with LNG
This blog post was written a long time ago and it was sort of sitting on my computer all this time. As I was asked how LNG works for a small flare to LNG to power project, I undug it,…
How energy communism has gotten us into this mess
My year 1988 was dominated by my mandatory spell of military service in Austria. It was also some form of rupture in my life as my world would never be the same after it. I shook off the shackles of…
The book of Elon
So, Elon has announced what he wants Tesla to do over the next years in his new strategic plan. Plus he has shown us that solar roofs can be sexy. And Tesla’s planned takeover of Solar City shall give his…
The Qatar LNG backflip
Look wherever you want, you are swamped by stories on the LNG wave that’s about to hit Europe. After almost a decade of neglect, Europe has become the powerhouse of global LNG trade again not because of its vanilla qualities…
Can LNG prevail against the dark side of energy
When I talked to a friend the other morning, he told me that gas was the most important fuel for power generation in Japan. I brought him up to speed on the fact that not LNG but rather coal is…
Why some trading and smart contracts don’t make LNG hubs yet
Everyone who has touched upon trading – as the term is understood today – very quickly falls victim to the impression that this casino is the real economy. And that indices, charts, KPIs, and financial market performance are all that…