Episode 96 - Qatar delays LNG partnership | UAE Nuclear Plant | BU prof hunger strike

Coronavirus: China urged to delay purchase elements of US trade deal as outbreak rocks economy

https://amp.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3051004/coronavirus-china-urged-delay-purchase-elements-us-trade-deal

- China should request a delay on its purchases from the US under the Phase One trade deal: What does this mean for the US economy?

- Dallas men arrested for conspiring to violate US sanctions on Iran to help China buy Iranian oil

- Agriculture purchases will likely be prioritized over energy purchases.

Saudi Arabia and Russia Should Want Democrat to Ban Fracking

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenrwald/2019/09/10/why-russia-and-saudi-arabia-secretly-want-the-democrats-to-beat-trump/

Exclusive: Qatar delays partnerships for natural gas expansion amid price collapse

https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKBN20B00Y

- Is this a bad indication of future natural gas prices?

Crossing the Line: A Scientist’s Road From Neutrality to Activism

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11022020/hunger-strike-nathan-phillips-natural-gas-compressor

- Professor from Boston University engages in a hunger strike to protest building a natural gas compressor being built in Weymouth

UAE's nuclear power plant to start operations in 'near future' after reactor licence issued

https://amp.arabianbusiness.com/amp/article_listing/aben/energy/440374-uaes-nuclear-power-plant-to-start-operations-in-near-future-after-reactor-licence-issued

- Could provide 25% of UAE’s power needs

- UAE went about this the right way with all the correct diplomatic negotiations

- could be a good precedent for other Gulf countries, good example. Especially for Saudi Arabia

Oil traders rent South Korean storage after virus hits China demand

https://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idINKBN20B0OH

- buying storage leases for 2-6 months in South Korea because of demand drop due to Coronavirus

- should we increase global storage capacity?

Kuwait minister says neutral zone output to reach 550,000 b/d by year-end

https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/021720-kuwait-minister-says-neutral-zone-output-to-reach-550000-bd-by-year-end

- Most analysts think this is a wildly optimistic

March 4 Panel in DC! The Iran Crisis and American Energy Security

https://www.cato.org/events/the-iran-crisis-and-american-energy-security

Chinese Refiners Go on Buying Spree as Oil Too Cheap to Ignore

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-14/chinese-refiners-go-on-buying-spree-as-oil-too-cheap-to-ignore

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