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Asian gas market update

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • Asia-Pacific
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  • April 16 2013

The European Parliament's promulgation of the first Gas Directive (Directive 9830CE) in 1998 heralded a new era for Europe's gas markets. The onset

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LNG: a world of changes

  • Baker Botts LLP
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  • Global
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  • June 10 2013

Albert Einstein once said that the reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen all at once. Yet that is almost what seems to be happening in

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Absent 'shocks,' Asia set to fuel LNG growth

  • Baker Botts LLP
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  • Asia-Pacific
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  • June 10 2013

The International Energy Agency expects global natural gas demand to grow at a rate of 1.6 p.a. Over the next 20 years. LNG demand is forecasted to

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Singapore: a global LNG trading hub?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • January 29 2013

Singapore is positioning itself as the pre-eminent trading hub for Asia's evolving LNG market. Singapore's first LNG import terminal is scheduled to

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Europe faces change in LNG market

  • Baker Botts LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 10 2013

European gas markets are changing rapidly. In the past five years, European gas markets have absorbed the effects of market liberalization through the

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LNG: from niche fuel to regional commodity?

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • Global
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  • June 1 2011

The LNG trade has existed for only fifty years and yet its supply has become crucial to many economies.

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NEB grants Kitimat lng project crucial export licence

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • October 14 2011

On October 13, 2011, the National Energy Board granted KM LNG Operating General Partnership an export licence for its proposed Kitimat LNG Project, an LNG export facility on the west coast of British Columbia.

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The evolving state of today's LNG spot market - "where we are and how we got there"

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Global
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  • November 14 2011

The evolution of the global LNG market continues apace, influenced at a macro level most recently by the need for ever greater quantities of LNG in a post-tsunami, nuclear-power-short Japan, faced with massive reconstruction-related energy requirements.

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LNG facilities under development in BC

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • June 3 2013

Canada is a relative newcomer in the global market for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Currently, natural gas prices in North American markets are

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What are Chile’s options for meeting its rising demand for energy?

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • Chile
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  • November 10 2011

Driven by trade liberalization and integration into the global economy, Chile has had one of the fastest-growing economies in Latin America over the past twenty years.

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Financing Australia’s shale gas revolution

  • Corrs Chambers Westgarth
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  • Australia
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  • April 12 2013

Will shale gas be the "game changer" for world energy markets that many analysts predict? It's certainly a revolution in the US with 20 of the

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Latin America: issues could impact LNG trading

  • Baker Botts LLP
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  • Central & South America
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  • June 10 2013

Latin America is a vast geographic area, consisting of 20 or more countries (depending on whether Caribbean nations are included) and a population

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What's happening in Australia's LNG sector?

  • Clayton Utz
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  • Australia
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  • May 20 2011

We've recently seen some major deals in the LNG sector, including the Sinopec deal.

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Energy developments in Qatar

  • Dentons
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  • Qatar
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  • April 1 2009

Energy City Qatar a US$2.6 billion project located within the prestigious Lusail development in Doha and near the headquarters of Qatar Petroleum (QP), the state-owned company in charge of all energy sector activities in Qatar will be the first oil and gas industry hub in the Gulf region.

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Top ten energy M&A trends in Canada for 2013

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 7 2013

It's generally agreed that 2012 was a difficult year for the oil and gas industry in Canada. No part of the industry was spared from challenging

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Top ten energy M&A trends in Canada

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 27 2012

Despite uncertainty and slow growth in the US and Europe, Canada has continued, for the most part, to post impressive economic results.

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Shareholders' agreements for LNG midstream projects

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • June 5 2013

In contrast to joint venture issues relating to upstream oil and gas development, the topic of shareholders' agreements for Liquefied Natural Gas

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British Columbia’s LNG strategy

  • Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 10 2012

On February 3, 2012, against the backdrop of the BC Jobs Plan released in September 2011, the province of British Columbia unveiled its Natural Gas Strategy.

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NEB releases BC LNG export licence decision

  • Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 10 2012

On February 2, 2012, the National Energy Board (NEB) granted a 20-year licence to BC LNG Export Cooperative LLC (BC LNG) to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada to markets in the Pacific Rim.

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The carbon pricing mechanism: an industry focus

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • Australia
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  • July 26 2011

On 10 July 2011, the Australian Federal Government announced details of its proposed carbon pricing mechanism (the Mechanism).

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Gas and LNG price reviews a sign of the times

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 18 2011

World gas markets have recently been marked by a period of considerable volatility, both in terms of demand and prices.

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LNG import opportunities increase in Middle East

  • Baker Botts LLP
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  • Middle East
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  • June 10 2013

The Arab Spring and the Iran Sanctions continue to make this an interesting time - both politically and economically - in the Middle East. The five

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West Coast news

  • Dentons
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  • Canada
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  • January 18 2011

KM LNG Operating General Partnership filed a license application with the National Energy Board (NEB) to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the planned Kitimat LNG terminal at Bish Cove, British Columbia.

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Top 5 Canadian energy stories of 2011

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 23 2011

There continued to be developments in the regulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) across the country and globally in 2011.

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LNG is coming to town!

  • Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers
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  • Netherlands
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  • June 11 2013

For the last few years, LNG has been causing quite a stir in the Rotterdam port. In September 2011, when the first Dutch LNG import terminal 'Gate

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