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Published by Global Energy Monitor, Inside Gas is a weekly news bulletin that summarizes the most significant developments affecting the global gas industry and highlights the efforts of groups and communities around the world working on gas-related issues.

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Issue 162: LNG bill doubles for big Asian buyers; Italy pushes extraction button in panic move; more doubts about demand growth in China
September 2026
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Issue 161: Alarm bells as initial Beetaloo pipeline plans announced; Japan to investigate $2.6bn Texas LNG financing
September 2026
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Issue 160: Taiwan announces emergency billions plan for LNG; Japan plans new LNG shipbuilding drive; EU greenlights state aid billions for German gas plants
September 2026
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Issue 159: Thailand to shift from LNG toward renewables; 1.4 GW gas plant for data center blocked again by Canadian regulator
August 2026
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Issue 158: South African court blocks Shell exploration off Wild Coast; clans withdraw consent for Papua LNG; expert panel in Mexico backs fracking restrictions
August 2026
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Issue 157: Bangladesh’s LNG crisis deepens; SE Asia’s gas power plans well off track — WoodMac; Australian regulator sues Inpex
August 2026
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Issue 156: Market fears bounce back on renewed Gulf conflict; EU delays fines for breaking methane rules; $25bn African pipeline gets intergovernmental agreement
August 2026
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Issue 155: Multiple headwinds for Vietnam’s gas projects; Musk’s gas turbines hit Black communities hardest — analysis; Colombia renews push to ban fracking
July 2026
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Issue 154: Global gas demand to fall in 2026, IEA forecasts; renewed Hormuz hostilities disrupt LNG; major blue hydrogen project cancelled in Louisiana
July 2026
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Issue 153: Mozambique LNG nightmare continues; major emissions baked into US data center gas plant plans — new report
July 2026
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Issue 152: LNG Canada wants approval for 10x increase in flaring; Greece denies environmental green light for FSRU; World Bank supports gas plans in N. Macedonia
June 2026
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Issue 151: Canadian province opts for battery storage over gas plants; western majors secure big deals with new regimes in Syria and Venezuela
June 2026
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Issue 150: Pakistan, India compelled to make pricey LNG purchases; global gas generation loses more ground to solar; Bangladesh gas plants strain finances
June 2026
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Issue 149: Gas in “structural decline” across Australia, as battery boom accelerates; data centers + gas = hefty bills for Irish households
June 2026
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Issue 148: Expect LNG backlog on Hormuz reopening, warn legal experts; LNG carrier orders continue to accelerate in 2026
June 2026
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Issue 147: SE Asia’s LNG plans lost at sea amid Hormuz stalemate; UAE steps up for India and U.S.
May 2026
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Issue 146: LNG project costs to rise sharply, warns industry body; EU energy regulator flags growing US gas reliance; Chevron advances offshore plans in Syria
May 2026
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Issue 145: Asian energy scramble continues on Qatar disruptions; IEA and European Commission diverge on methane emissions; NordStream not dead
May 2026
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Issue 144: U.S. gas plant costs continue to surge; Japanese utilities prepare for tough times as PM embarks on “fossil fuels sales trip”
April 2026
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Issue 143: Berlin plans gas plant tenders amid coalition battle over renewables; flaring at Shell facility undermines Canadian claims of world’s cleanest LNG
April 2026
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Issue 142: France to crack down on gas in electrification drive; Eni targets Italian NGO for fourth time in three years
April 2026
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Issue 141: Trump-linked investor poised to get pipeline nod in Bosnia; unconventional extraction plans unveiled in Mexico but don’t mention “fracking”
April 2026
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Issue 140: Gas plant developer seeks renewables alternative in Vietnam; doubts grow over New Zealand import terminal
April 2026
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Issue 139: Southeast Asia at energy crossroads as crisis intensifies; UK government rejects North Sea extraction calls; worst timing for Australian terminal outages
March 2026
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Issue 138: Missile strikes on Qatar spell “doomsday gas crisis”; solar to the rescue for Pakistan
March 2026
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Issue 137: Force majeures and frenzied buying as war deepens; Swiss gas financing in Senegal crowds out renewables
March 2026
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Issue 136: More war, more gas market convulsions; Mexican LNG terminal cancelled
March 2026
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