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Wheatstone LNG Video

created: 24 Aug 2014 08:00
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Chevron has released a great video, showing the progress on the Wheatstone LNG Terminal

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The Human Cost of Price Controls

created: 21 Aug 2014 10:41
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In much of the world, consumers are insulated from the price of oil and oil products because their governments see fit to subsidize or otherwise control the prices at the pump. The fact that a valuable commodity gets sold too cheap, is wasteful and distorts the market. It means that globally we use "too much" oil. In many low income countries, stretched government budgets get wasted on providing cheap fuel to the better off, whilst schools and hospitals fall into ruin.

It is a disaster for everyone.

There is however another hidden cost, one that is extremely high for the ones that pay it. Price controls kill. Wherever a refiner is not able to sell his fuel at a market price, the result is cutting corners and skimping on maintenance:

From Reuters: Petrobras worker dies from burns in refinery explosion

The Brazilian union for petroleum workers, FUP, said the tragedy highlighted the worsening working conditions at Petrobras plants, saying the accident was the sixth in a week at different refineries run by Brazil's state-run oil company.

That is a terrible track record.

Petrobras is not the worst example of this, PDVSA is. Venezuela has the cheapest gasoline in the world, but it comes with the highest body count of any refiner anywhere. Gas is cheap, and so is life.


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Is the World of LNG going Crazy

created: 14 Aug 2014 08:55
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You go away on holiday, and when you come back, the world has moved on. In the world of LNG, a whole lot has happened.

In Indonesia, two projects have been given permits to proceed, both the Tangguh Expansion, and the Abadi Greenfield Project were given environmental clearance. Some of the LNG will be used domestically, but Indonesia is suffering a decline in its production volumes and needs investment.

In the USA, the final investment decision was taken for the Cameron LNG Export Terminal Project. Meanwhile, CBI announced it had been given a contract for the Golden Pass Lng Export Terminal Project.

Canada, which now has more than 10 LNG projects, [archive-lng-ltd-to-acquire-bear-head-lng-project-in-canada saw a deal where] a defunct LNG gasification project, was sold with the intention of turning it into an export terminal.

On the import side, a terminal in Puerto Rico and another in Jordan had important announcements to make.

The sector is growing rapidly, and we don't know if there will be demand for all of this LNG. Some of these investors are going to get burned.


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