🇯🇵 The Japanese government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party will move to reactivate a “trigger clause” on the gasoline tax that will allow the levy to be lowered, Yomiuri reports
🇺🇸 Several US states have taken steps to temporarily roll back their gasoline taxes, a move the Biden administration is considering backing on the federal level
🏭 More than 6 gigawatts worth of coal/gas-fired power shut. Restart timing unclear
💡 Over 30k without power in Tohoku. Power restored to Tokyo
☢️ No abnormalities at nuclear plants
Iran is reviving efforts to export LNG just as the world scrambles for more gas 🇮🇷
🚢 National Iranian Oil Co invited investors to submit proposals for construction of mini-LNG units
💪 Iran has the 2nd-biggest gas reserves in the world
To be sure... At least eight previous Iranian LNG export projects have stalled due to sanctions or capital constraints, including partnerships with France’s Total and Russia’s Gazprom
Sanctions stopped Iran’s previous attempts to enter the LNG market
Ninth time's a charm?
European buyers are scouring the globe for sources of gas that could replace Russian flows after the invasion of Ukraine
Will Iran become a potential supplier? International sanctions on Iran would likely be eased if a new nuclear deal is inked
The president could invoke the Defense Production Act to ease supply chain problems that are holding back crude production, by ensuring supplies of low-cost pipes, sand and other essential equipment
So far, the Biden administration has shown little enthusiasm for the move
“It would basically be providing money to oil companies to do something that they already probably have the capacity to do,” said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki