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Stephen Stapczynski
@SStapczynski
Bloomberg @Business reporter covering energy & commodities in Singapore. Topics include natural gas, LNG, power, nuclear. Opinions my own ブルームバーグ通信社シンガポール支局記者
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    Japan imported its 1st shipment of liquefied natural gas 50 years ago today. Now the nation is the world’s largest buyer of the fuel (and pioneered the industry) Hiroshi Anzai is the little known maverick who played a key role in Japan becoming an LNG juggernaut thread below 👇
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    A guy posts on Japan twitter that he somehow lost his sandal. Another guy wonders how someone can lose a single sandal on a train platform.
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    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-…
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    END OF AN ERA: Russia's oldest gas export route to Europe halted For over five decades, Europe benefited from a steady flow of Russian gas via pipelines in Ukraine. That deal has now expired While that won't trigger shortages in Europe, it does mark a historic shift Thread🧵
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    If you’re a guy in your early 20s, buy an LNG tanker Go into debt if you have to This is not satire. You can get a 24-year old tanker for $20 million Having an LNG tanker communicates status. And the LNG market is set to rapidly grow as nations shift away from coal
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    Pakistan’s previous government was in discussions with Russia in late-March to purchase LNG under a long-term agreement 🇵🇰 🚢 🇷🇺 ➡️ But Pakistan’s government changed in April and those discussions have been suspended ➡️ Pakistan saw Russia as a solution to its energy shortage
    New power minister says there is no evidence of communication with Russia over purchase of discounted oil & Gas. Like the story of 27 out of order power plants, this also is a lie. IK as PM chaired 2 meetings on the subject & we were aiming for purchasing first cargoes in April.
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    Japan formally adopts policy to operate nuclear reactors beyond 60 years 🇯🇵 ☢️ 👍 Cabinet approved pro-nuclear plan, including building next-gen reactors ↩️ Government pivoted on nuclear amid effort to curb dependence on overseas fuel & hit green goals
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    Europe's campaign to quit Russian fuel plunges Pakistan into darkness 🇵🇰⚡ EU's energy policy is designed to punish Moscow for the war in Ukraine. But it's also wreaking havoc thousands of miles away as Pakistan grapples with a gas shortage Thread 👇🧵
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    取材が終わった後に、@ktrsngofficialにアンドロイドの自撮りの方法を教えていたところだよ。(cred: @ken2thefuture @lisadont)
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    THE US LNG MIRACLE 🇺🇸🚢 This is the story of how the US became the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas in less than a decade, drastically rewriting global energy trade Thread below 🧵👇
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    Energy giant Shell is hiring a TikTok channel manager 🚨 👀
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    Pakistan was unable to secure long-term LNG supply, threatening to prolong its fuel shortage 🇵🇰⚠️ 🙅 No supplier participated in Pakistan’s tender to buy LNG for 4-6 years from 2023. Deadline was today 🚢 This highlights how there is little spare LNG supply until at least 2026
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    Asia is embracing nuclear power, thanks to the global energy crisis ☢️ ❤️ 🇯🇵 Japan is halting anti-nuclear policies 🇰🇷 Korea is reversing a nuclear phaseout 🇨🇳 China is accelerating its huge buildout in reactors 🇮🇳 India is moving to build more plants
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    MAJOR SHIFT: Pakistan is abandoning its LNG expansion plans because the fuel is too expensive, and instead will use more coal 🇵🇰🪨 🚢"LNG is no longer part of the long-term plan," Energy Minister told Reuters 🏭 Pakistan to QUADRUPLE coal power capacity