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Articles, news and opinion to help inform the LNG and gas industry, from an Australian perspective. • Forecasting how the global industry might evolve. • Surviving and thriving as a supplier...
What does the future hold for Queensland's gas and LNG sector? This was the topic of a presentation I delivered in Brisbane on July 28, 2016...
Are you curious about the challenges in arranging LNG shipping? Shipping is a pretty twisty area where it's very easy to lose lots of money....
I was on a panel discussion in Tokyo recently on the future of LNG trading in Japan. Japanese utilities have had to become traders in LNG be...
Saudi Arabia has embarked on the impossible and intends to wean itself off its addiction to oil. What effect could this have on global LNG m...
Major trends are in motion that will render the global LNG industry very different in 10 years time from what it looked like 10 years ago. T...
For the past decade , particularly after the Fukushima disaster, Japan has purchased LNG in enormous volumes to meet its energy needs. But a...
There's been lots of calls to increase collaboration in the oil and gas world, but what does that actually mean? For inspiration I thought i...
A number of LNG projects have fallen by the wayside of late, but only one really bothers me. FERC's actions on one project in particular pro...
There's lots of gloomy news out there about the future of the LNG sector. It's a bit unbalanced, in my view. Here's 5 good reasons why we sh...
Not very quickly, if the math is right. The installed base of existing fossil fuel consumption is so vast that it will take decades to repla...
Is a tie up of the LNG projects in Queensland something to consider? I wondered about this when I heard that one of Queensland's LNG industr...
You've heard of the 7 Ancient Mysteries , about vanished civilisations , forgotten languages , lost tombs and secret treasures ? Well, in my...
LNG 18, a global conference about the LNG sector , has left Australia for China, but what were the key messages from the conference? This ep...
One of Australia's major gas pipelines reversed flow recently, and it creates a path for gas from the populous eastern states to feed the ex...
Many industries today benefit from applying analytics to their more vexing problems. Queensland's coal seam gas industry (and likely shale g...
I was very surprised recently by the fresh US Congress and Presidential approval to reinstate crude oil exports from the US. This is an unex...
Well work overs are going to be an in demand service treatment for Queensland's abundant gas wells. I speculated about this service concept...
A timely podcast for the week of #LNG18 taking place in Perth. In Paris last year, world leaders made serious public commitments to stem the...
What will be some of the critical questions facing the global LNG sector? The upcoming LNG18 conference in Perth will be the setting for glo...
On March 17, I was invited to present to the Gladstone Engineering Alliance at an event dedicated to showcasing the supply chain capabilitie...
I've fielded an odd spike in inquiries of late for possible LNG supply options for Chinese buyers. Before, callers were often thought of as...
The Trans Pacific Partnership , a long negotiated freer trade agreement between 12 nations that have shorelines on the Pacific Ocean, has fi...
December rolls around and OPEC holds its semi-annual gabfest to argue out its oil market quota . They went into the meeting in a tizzy and c...
Technology is advancing at a great pace, but which technologies could have an outsized impact on Australia's LNG sector, particularly the hi...
Are you watching Canada's energy pipeline drama ? The US President has decided that Canada's oil sands have no place in the US market, and f...
It's customary at the dawn of a new year to make predictions you have no idea will come true. And true to the season, at a recent meeting I...
Queensland Australia is now a serious #LNG player, with 3 producing projects . This podcast provides a good overview of the sector and its k...
With all the uncertainty around Australia's domestic gas markets, you would think that company Boards would be posing some hard questions to...
I recently spent two weeks in Japan on a tour of major Japanese oil and gas companies. I was curious how the nation was dealing with these l...
Where are oil prices headed? We've now had over 18 months of low oil prices, so surely by now the causes of the price crash have dissipated...
There's been a recent spate of analyst reports pointing disapproving fingers at the global LNG sector with stern warnings about impending ov...
Is Australia's place in the world changing, now that we're becoming a big-time energy exporter? We've always been a serious force in the coa...
On November 10, 2015, I gave a speech to the Queensland Petroleum and Exploration Society (QuPEX) on the current state of the oil and gas ma...
The world of LNG is having one of its occasional bouts of uncertainty, which was the subject of a presentation I recently gave to the DUG Co...
Recently, a company approached me with a perplexing problem . They were encountering increasing international skepticism of the viability of...
On October 20, 2015 , I presented what I see as the top 10 Human Capital issues facing Australia's LNG sector. The slides are available on s...
Australia's onshore oil and gas services sector is experiencing its very own recession , thanks to gyrating oil and gas prices. And it's goi...
As Australia's new LNG projects move toward start up, low oil prices and increased competition have altered the outlook. Which countries wil...
Originally published on July 13, 2015, this story explores how the big and sweeping trends in the global oil and gas industry come home to r...
Australia has hedged the security of its energy supply , and now that the country is about to become the world's largest supplier of LNG, it...
Have you been laid off from your great job in the oil and gas industry ? Are you wondering what to do next ? Is it time to write the industr...
On August 27, 2015, I presented to the SEAAOC conference in Darwin on how the oil and gas industry might go about improving productivity. I...
Can fracking activities impact the water table? I thought I'd share some of the science behind oil drilling and water tables to demystify th...
What are the five key questions that Boards of LNG companies should be asking themselves today? The world of LNG has turned upside down in t...
There's been a steady stream of voices in Australia's gas industry asking for relief from the country's imposing volume of rules and regulat...
Wondering where to look for opportunities in the subdued Australian LNG industry? Look no further. Here's my reasoning why there's still opp...
APPEA 2015 was the largest gathering of oil and gas executives, stakeholders, investors and suppliers in the Southern Hemisphere . I really...
The oil and gas world has not seen such a steep and prolonged price downturn for many years. Explorers and producers are carrying out the us...
I was invited to present my ideas on possible futures for Gladstone Queensland, now that the LNG industry is coming to full fruition. The ex...
A visit to Gladstone , Queensland, is an impressive outing, as the 3 LNG plants on Curtis Island, just off shore, take finished shape and ap...