Some called them as bridge solution. Some said it is not an LNG terminal just because it was not on land. Some complained that it is an expensive solution. Some said they are ships with some unreliable regasification apparels. Yet FSRUs have proven to be The Solution. Look at Netherlands who already has a land…
Some small things solve big problems. A battery, a button, or a pacifier are small things that solve big problems for humanity. No one wants to call their business “small” and there are no agreed size criteria of Small Scale Liquefied Natural Gas business but, any LNG plant that serves peaking for regional peak demand,…
There are many reasons to build a market, marketplace that functions by itself, freely. There are, however, many more not to establish one. And the preferred choice in developing countries looks like pretending to have established one, taking advantage of both. Most countries, with the globalization context where they thought they would benefit from freely…
Since I arrived in the US, I have been attending energy conferences, mostly focused on energy transition and supply security. When it comes to natural gas, on one hand it is becoming more widely used especially thanks to LNG becoming more and more available in spot market. On the other hand, as it is not…
Natural gas has become widely used since 1950s mainly for power generation, heating, and for processes like fertilizer production. As most would remember, the Greeks and Native Americans who discovered “burning air” leaks from ground have used it like around Mount Olympus, too. But the transmission, distribution, storage, liquefaction and shipping for use in a…
In late 2000s and in the beginning of 2010s 3 issues were shaking the European natural gas industry: Under the effect of these factors the natural gas market was doomed to change forever as EU had chosen to integrate all markets not only by interconnectors but also, by means of regulations, systems that would bring…
Russia has completed another big pipeline project which has given them leverage over future gas competition and also in negotiation with mid-stream countries. TurkStream (not Turkish Stream as some misinterpret) has been active more than a month now, has worked well probably in negotiations with Ukraine and also for keeping Turkey’s demand in the basket…
Story of Turkey’s Natural Gas Peak Demand Turkey’s natural gas history is quite old. The first gas was delivered in 1987 and the first LNG terminal was commissioned in 1994, a brilliant idea of the times, as one of the world’s first regasification plants. Turkey enlarged its natural gas network mostly parallel to the growth…