Russia is releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan in a major multi-country prisoner swap trib.al/PfAbeK5

The Golden Pass LNG export project has officially been delayed, tightening global gas supply for next year 🚨🚢🇺🇸 📅 Exxon delayed the start of the plant in Texas to end-2025 (from 1H 2025) 💰 Lead contractor Zachry declared bankruptcy earlier this year bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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If in Jan-24 you had Golden Pass #LNG opening in Oct-24, but now view it as more like Dec-25, then your S&D balance for 2026 is 9mt shorter, all things being equal. Throw in significantly less Arctic 2 vols from T1+2, and suddenly 2026 is much less comfortable. #natgas #TTF #ONGT

Exxon is looking to sell a package of conventional oil assets in the Permian Basin as the company focuses on growing shale production after buying Pioneer earlier this year trib.al/Khp5okG

Last night, Anna Edney & I were so honored to accept the National Press Club award for consumer journalism on behalf of our amazing team at Bloomberg who worked on the *Bad Medicine* series, which shed light on dangerous pharmaceutical practices and regulatory failures.

How Japan ignored climate critics and built a global natural gas empire 🇯🇵❤️🚢 Every six hours, somewhere in the world, an LNG shipment controlled by a Japanese company leaves a port. However, these tankers are only the tip of the iceberg A thread 🧵 bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

Opening call from NHC is a Cat 1 into SW Louisiana, but the cone extends on the Texas coast and into eastern Louisiana. More from me earlier: theeyewall.com/a-tropical-sto…

EQT Chief Toby Rice spoke with us about AI's appetite for natural gas and also price triggers behind their Appalachia shale gas production curtailments. w/ Ruth Liao bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Donald Trump won the US presidential election, according to Fox and CNN trib.al/onMPtHo

NEW: The Biden administration is racing to complete a study on LNG exports that could slow Trump's plans to quickly approve export projects. Energy Department aiming to finish the study this month -- remains to be seen if it will be met. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… (gift link)

European natural gas extends a rally to trade near the highest this year as geopolitical tensions escalate trib.al/kQIIQ4h

Slovakia plans to hold negotiations next week over the future of gas supplies as well as transit of the fuel via Ukraine, according to Prime Minister Robert Fico trib.al/Y9SZyCS

Turkey has turned to liquefied natural gas imports to help meet peak winter demand as regional pipeline flows decline trib.al/8rEfJNk

Trump has lifted a moratorium on new US licenses to export liquefied natural gas trib.al/7fIOBWG

Venture Global Inc. slashes its IPO price range by more than 40%: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

France’s top natural gas storage operator expects the market to regulate itself and replenish stockpiles for the next winter without the need for intervention trib.al/fUZpHoP

The US shale patch is fertile ground for deals once again as drillers ramp up consolidation amid Trump policy changes, writes David Wethe trib.al/V2de4VH

My 6-year old wants to know: which is bigger, an #LNG tanker or the Titanic? Sources say the Titanic was 882.75 feet long, while a standard LNG carrier is 975 feet long (not even considering a Q max). LNG wins. And then he asked me to “put it on the news.” 🤓