Natural Gas World Magazine November 30 2016 | Page 3

Table of Contents

21 France’s nuclear power crisis

27 Bolivia, Brazil draw closer with $1.2bn deal

The problems hitting French state EDF are mounting, causing
financial and policy problems for the government trying to
balance its low-carbon books.

Petrobras is to explore for gas in Bolivia, while Repsol and
Total continue to invest, but broader investor interest has been
lukewarm in recent years.

24 Gas back in the driving-seat

29 Gas and South Africa’s future energy

Policies to reduce carbon emissions and technological
advances will ensure a bright future for gas, although the IEA
is careful not to not leave hostages to fortune.

Gas is key to South Africa 2050 energy outlook but government
hedges its bets on whether domestic shale gas will play a role.

26 IEA forecasts that ships will burn 58mn
tons of LNG as fuel in 2040
To spend the best part of a year writing up the IEA’s mammoth
annual WEO is always to be a hostage to fortune.

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News Articles

31 Asia Pacific
-NW Shelf ‘underpaid royalties’: audit
-Balancing LNG in Asia
-Australia’s Victoria to Ban Fracking

33 Europe, Middle East & Africa
-Mini-sale for Leviathan
-Exxon Drills Its First Well Offshore Liberia
-Portugal’s Galp expands off west Africa
-Dutch ‘Distress’ Verdict Due 2017
-Iran sees record demand for heating

-Nigeria Provides Guarantee to Gas-Fired Power Plant
-Uniper calls for common power capacity market
-Shell to hear Nigeria ruling in London early in 2017
-IGU Study Blames EU Premature Deaths on Coal
-Decommissioning to start in earnest but not just yet

41 LNG
-LNG-Fuelled Car Carrier Reaches Europe
-Viking Line Seeks New Chinese-Built Ship
-Coral FLNG Project Closes in on FID

43 Companies
-BP buys into Egyptian giant
-SIGTTO appoints new president
-National Grid releases 10-year and 2050 outlooks