Questions tagged [gas]
Use this tag for questions relating to fuel gases, the most common being the fossil fuel natural gas.
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Does recognizing the State of Palestine facilitate doing business with it?
Is it easier for the countries that have officially recognized the State of Palestine to do business with it? I don't mean favoritism or political payback for recognition, but purely formal/legal ...
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Is Israeli and Palestinian natural gas sold anywhere beyond the Middle East?
Is the gas developed in Israeli and Palestinian offshore gas fields sold anywhere beyond the Middle East? As far as I know, Egypt and Jordan are the main buyers of the Israeli gas (and the Palestinian ...
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How did Gazprom lose money (in 2023)?
With Nord Stream Shut, Gazprom Posts its Biggest Lost in Two Decades
May 2, 2024
Gazprom made more than $22 billion in net profit in 2021, the last year before the war. That dropped to $13 billion in ...
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Is there any data to inform a view of the US Nationalization of O&G?
I was wondering if there was any polling or data historic or otherwise to support a position on the US perspective of nationalizing oil and gas. The majority of the world's reserves are controlled by ...
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Which US allies ignored the USA's call for stopping the import of Russian oil and gas?
Which US allies ignored the USA's call for stopping the import of Russian oil and gas and continued importing them till today?
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How is Turkmenistan exporting gas to Azerbaijan?
According to the "Turkmen Portal", Turkmenistan was the main gas exporter to Azerbaijan in 2022:
Declared gas imports to Azerbaijan in 2022 amounted to 1 billion 16 million 423,6 thousand ...
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How did Turkmenistan "destroy its relationship with Russia’s Gazprom in 2008"?
According to one Carnegie article (seemingly penned by a Uzbek political analyst/scientist):
After Ashgabat destroyed its relationship with Russia’s Gazprom in 2008, only China remained as the major ...
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Did Saudi Arabia cut in half its oil & gas share of GDP from 2020 to 2022?
I'm seeing vastly different numbers reported for Saudi Arabia's oil & gas share in GDP. One Saudi scholar gives
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia owns 17% proven
reserves of the world and constitutes 50% ...
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What would be the advantage of launching an UN-led inquiry over the Nord Stream sabotage?
Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Moscow was presenting a request for an independent investigation in light of doubts about the integrity and transparency of Denmark, Germany and Sweden in ...
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Where is the support for remote work based on social and environmental benefits?
Work from home (WFH) vs in-office has been continuously debated since the start of the pandemic. Some articles report better productivity with WFH. Others report the opposite. Setting aside the ...
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Why would Russia damage their own gas pipelines?
Much the West has accused Russia of being behind the damage the pipelines in the Baltic Sea providing gas to Europe.
However, why would they do this? If they wanted to deprive Europe of gas, could ...
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Why would Gazprom operate (the maintenance of) TurkStream through a Dutch subsidiary?
According to Gazprom (as quoted by RFERL) the Dutch government has suspended the license of South Stream Transport B.V., which apparently is a Gazprom subsidiary registered in the Netherlands. South ...
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Does Gazprom or Russia confirm that one of the Nord Stream 2 pipes is still (theoretically) operational after the recent pipe breakage incidents? [closed]
According to the New York Times, during the recent mystery events, both pipes of Nord Stream 1 were severed, whereas only one of Nord Stream 2's pair was.
Does Gazprom or Russia confirm this state of ...
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Which entities do have both a motive and a capability of disrupting Nord Stream?
Although the circumstances of the recent leaks in the North Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea near Bornholm are still not totally clear, the temporal coincidence of multiple leaks suggest that some ...
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Why does France resist the Midcat pipeline?
Earlier this month we read that the construction of a gas pipeline between Germany and the Iberian peninsula is strongly supported by Portugal, Germany and Spain. This pipeline should, at least in ...
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