04 An age of abundance
05 Feature Articles
05 Australia triggers tax row
Australia has some of the most progressive fiscal regimes for oil and gas but the government thinks LNG exports could bring it a bigger return .
14 Gas earnings to equal oil by mid 2020s : Socar CEO
While Azerbaijan has been known for more than a century as a petroleum pioneer , revenues from gas sales are now catching up with oil exports .
08 A new era for Iraq
The parliament of Iraq approved Jabbar Ali al-Luaibi as oil minister six months ago . NGW looks at the difficulties he faces .
17 Europe ’ s east-west supply-demand gap
March sees capacity auctions for Eugal , where shippers ’ bids will start the process of planning and building one onshore branch for Nord Stream .
12 Iran to lose $ 135bn from
A new report by the Iranian parliament ’ s research centre shows that maximizing the economic recovery of the oil reserves means sacrificing more gas .
18 Baltics slow to shrug off Russia
Latvia ’ s gas market is supposed to be fully liberalised from April 1 , but Russian export monopoly Gazprom will continue to play a substantial role in supply and transmission .