58 - The Future of Queensland's #Gas and #LNG Industry
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...
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20 of 58 episodes57 - My best tips on how to lose pots of money in #LNG shipping
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....
56 - Japanese gas importers fast becoming an #LNG trading powerhouse
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...
55 - When Saudi Arabia abandons oil. Now what?
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...
54 - What will the LNG sector look like in 10 years?
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...
53 - Will Japan Become World's Biggest #LNG Trader?
For the past decade , particularly after the Fukushima disaster, Japan has purchased LNG in enormous volumes to meet its energy needs. But a...
52 - Five Unusual Collaborations That The Gas Sector Could Copy
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...
51 - How FERC has bent the LNG sector
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...
50 - The misplaced gloom about #LNG
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...
49 - How quickly will solar power technology displace fossil fuels?
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...
48 - Could a Merger of Queensland's #LNG Projects Work?
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...
Episode 47 - Australia's Eight Gas Mysteries
You've heard of the 7 Ancient Mysteries , about vanished civilisations , forgotten languages , lost tombs and secret treasures ? Well, in my...
Episode 46 - A Summary of LNG18 for Darwin, NT
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...
Episode 45 - Australian pipeline reversal to fuel LNG exports
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...
Episode 44 - 8 Ways Analytics Can Help Unconventional Gas
Many industries today benefit from applying analytics to their more vexing problems. Queensland's coal seam gas industry (and likely shale g...
Episode 43 - Obama, U.S. Oil Exports and LNG: More Pain for Longer
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...
Episode 42 - The Well Workover Service Opportunity in Queensland
Well work overs are going to be an in demand service treatment for Queensland's abundant gas wells. I speculated about this service concept...
Episode 41 - Paris Climate Talks and Impacts on LNG
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...
Episode 40 - Critical Questions Facing Global LNG
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...
Episode 39 - Transforming Gladstone
On March 17, I was invited to present to the Gladstone Engineering Alliance at an event dedicated to showcasing the supply chain capabilitie...