https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/rss/natural-gasSubscribe to the latest natural gas news from S&P Global Energy RSS Feed to get timely updates on current issues in the energy industry.Natural Gashttps://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/crude-oil/090326-appec-energy-security-takes-center-stage-as-asia-confronts-shifting-oil-shipping-flowsAsia's push for energy security amid evolving oil flows, shipping disruptions and high prices is expected to be a central theme at APPEC 2026, where discussions are poised to focus on how the region is preparing to overcome supply challenges caused by heightened market crises driven by geopolitical conflicts. While the conference, hosted by S&P Global Energy over Sept. 7-10 in Singapore, wouldCrude Oil, Maritime & Shipping, Refined Products, Natural Gas, Chemicals, Electric Power, Energy Transition, Coal, Agriculture, Polymers, Wet Freight, Dry Freight, Renewables, LPG, Naphtha, Biofuels2026-09-03T04:51:53Zhttps://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/crude-oil/090226-eni-chevron-sign-major-upstream-oil-field-development-deals-with-pdvsaItaly's Eni signed a "strategic" contract with Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA for operatorship of what it termed the "super-giant" Junin 5 oil field in the onshore heavy oil Orinoco Basin on Sept. 2, while Chevron said it would double its crude production in the country to 600,000 b/d by 2031, the latest in a string of Venezuelan upstream deals in recent days. Eni and PDVSA signed the "Contrato deNatural Gas, Chemicals, Crude Oil2026-09-02T20:41:31Zhttps://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/crude-oil/090226-us-confident-venezuela-oil-deal-will-attract-investors-wrightUS Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sept. 2 he was confident that North American Blue Energy Partners, the private operator at the center of Washington's new crude production agreement with Venezuela, could give US companies the legal certainty they need to invest in the South American country. Speaking to CNBC in Caracas hours before deals were due to be signed at the Miraflores presidentialCrude Oil, Natural Gas, NGLs2026-09-02T17:16:34Zhttps://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/chemicals/090226-methanex-to-idle-new-zealand-plants-from-2027-as-gas-supply-outlook-worsensMethanex Corp. plans to indefinitely idle its New Zealand methanol facilities in the first quarter of 2027 after agreeing to sell substantially all of its remaining natural gas contractual entitlements through the end of the decade, the company said Sept. 2. The world's largest methanol producer has entered into an agreement to divest most of its New Zealand gas entitlements starting in the firstNatural Gas, Chemicals2026-09-02T04:22:30Zhttps://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/coal/090126-indias-coal-import-substitution-drive-reaches-its-engineering-limitsIndia's push to reduce thermal coal imports is becoming a story about engineering limits, plant economics and fuel quality, rather than just a supply or foreign exchange issue. For years, India's strategy to increase domestic coal production has delivered strong results. But replacement of imported cargoes wherever possible is happening for the first time on a large scale in 2026, official dataCoal, Natural Gas, LNG, Metals & Mining, Electric Power, Thermal Coal, Ferrous2026-09-01T19:29:06Z