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Troika outshines GECF.
December 31, 2008... The energy ministers and other officials from 13 countries who gathered in Moscow Dec. 23 appear to have accomplished little that hadn't been proclaimed as done at least once before in the history of the so far largely ineffectual Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). For now, any hint of...

Indonesia seeking to avoid spot LNG buy.
December 31, 2008... Indonesia is trying to renegotiate supply agreements with LNG buyers as gas production declines and supply is diverted toward the country's growing domestic market--not make up shortfalls in contracted supply with spot LNG cargoes purchased outside, as widely reported, a top official with...

Recession hits limping LNG shippers.
December 31, 2008... After years of restricted supply, the LNG shipping industry was supposed to thrive in 2009, on the back of a surge in output from new liquefaction plants (WGI May21,p8). However, demand destruction has reversed the trend before it could take hold, and financing problems and lowered...

Gazprom grapples with leaner prospects.
December 31, 2008... For years, questions have abounded about Russian state Gazprom's ability to meet an anticipated surge in European gas demand. For now, the global financial crisis and attendant potential for a global LNG glut have turned the tables nearly completely, with concern for this winter and perhaps...

EDF riles, E.On soothes trustbusters.
December 31, 2008... Antitrust officials at the European Commission (EC) have turned their sights on French state-run EDF, less than a month after winding up a bruising fight with its next-largest European rival, Germany's E.On. EDF said last week that it had received a "statement of objections" from...