Natural Gas World Magazine November 30 2016 | Página 2

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Fortnightly Overview

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Feature Articles

02 Trump’s vision thing

13 NS2: Developer confidence, critics’ concerns

The election of Donald Trump to the US presidency is raising
many questions about the direction future American policy
will take in the oil and gas sector, energy and climate change.

The drama of Nord Stream 2 has been slowly unfolding for
over a year; as positions become more entrenched on either
side, the audience is ready for the denouement.

07 Sasol keeps focus on southern Mozambique

16 OMV: strong supporter of NS2

Sasol, Mozambique’s only oil and gas producer for the
next five years, has a lot to develop there, according to its
upstream chief.

When OMV’s international gas chief Reinhard Mitschek
addressed the NS2 conference in Vienna he was quite blunt
in his support for the project.

09 Powering up archipelagos

18 France plans for less gas

Small-scale LNG is the quickest way to build and fuel plant to
electrify small communities but it needs more infrastructure
onshore and lighter regulation.

Major gas importer France’s relationship with gas, never very
ardent, is cooling further, although its use in transport is to get a
boost and a planned grid expansion should improve the market.

11 Israel launches first bid round
but does disappointment loom?

19 Enel eases its way out of gas

There were great hopes for the giant Leviathan field but
still there is no final investment decision. This will temper
investors’ enthusiasm, despite the resource potential.

Italy’s major utility has set off on the expensive route of
contract renegotiation and is following other European
utilities with a sharper focus on new technology.