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CERAWeek ’17: Global gas growth spurred by emerging markets, increased trade

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

HOUSTON—At CERAWeek by IHS Markit’s Global Gas Plenary on Wednesday morning, panelists shared their views on how they expect gas markets to develop over the next few years.

CERAWeek '17: Gas execs, analysts discuss Asian LNG market reforms

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

HOUSTON—At a Wednesday morning breakfast panel discussion at CERAWeek by IHS Markit, executives from Asian and US LNG companies, as well as analysts and government strategists, spoke about the state of the Asian LNG market and how reforms should be implemented.

GE O&G '17: Snam CEO foresees LNG boost from 30 new markets

FLORENCE, ITALY—Near the conclusion of GE Oil & Gas' Annual Meeting 2017, Marco Alverà, CEO of Snam Group, spoke on Tuesday about fueling the future with natural gas.

GE O&G '17: LNG experts discuss solutions to cut emissions, expand production

An early-afternoon panel session on LNG technology was moderated by Pablo Avogadri, Turbomachinery Solutions CMO for GE Oil & Gas.

Qatargas announces commercial start-up of Laffan Refinery 2

DOHA, Qatar -- Qatargas announced the commercial start-up of Laffan Refinery 2, marking an expansion of refining capacity in the State of Qatar. The project will refine 146,000 bpd of condensate from the North Field, the largest non-associated natural gas reserve in the world.

Cold weather, supply outages fuel LNG winning streak

MILAN (Reuters) -- Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices remained firm into the final leg of 2016 as cold temperatures in South Korea, China and Turkey fueled demand while global supply faltered.

SOCAR signs license agreements with Technip, Axens, others

On Dec. 20, technology license agreements were signed between SOCAR and Technip, Univation, Axens, and SinopecTech. The agreements envisage advanced processing of natural gas and production polymer products using technology as a part of SOCAR GPC project.

Polish regulator approves PGNiG gas price hike for Q1 2017

WARSAW (Reuters) -- Poland's biggest gas firm PGNiG will increase the price of high-methane gas it sells by 12.2% and the price of nitrogen-rich gas by 13.4% from the start of next year, the company said, citing an approval from energy regulator URE.

Qatar to merge LNG producers Qatargas and RasGas

DOHA (Reuters) -- Qatar will merge state-owned liquefied natural gas producers Qatargas and RasGas Co Ltd, the chief executive of Qatar Petroleum (QP) said on Sunday, in the Gulf state's latest reaction to lower energy prices.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. ends negotiations to acquire Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC

HOUSTON -- Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced today that it has terminated negotiations with the conflicts committee of the board of directors of Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC regarding Cheniere's previously announced non-binding proposal to acquire all of the publicly held shares of Cheniere Partners Holdings not already owned by Cheniere in a stock-for-stock merger transaction.