Local businesses see rise in tourism during spring break
Local businesses see rise in tourism during spring break By Samantha Ruff | March 31, 2021 at 10:59 PM EDT - Updated March 31 at 11:25 PM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Spring break is in full swing for schools across the area and for many families, their plans were to stay home due to remaining concerns over the coronavirus.
Now, local businesses are seeing the impact of stay-cations.
Daniell Gilbert, a manager at Whitewater Express, says with the influx of visitors in town, they’re operating near full capacity, although they ask you still follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.
LNG market debates new benchmarks amid long-term supply needs
The benchmarks that have typically been used by buyers and sellers to price natural gas along the LNG value chain may see competition from new entrants as trade flows and market dynamics continue to shift.
The discussion at the CERAWeek by IHS Markit energy conference on March 3 was especially timely for Asia.
There, China is vying in the coming years to become the world’s biggest importer of LNG and India has big gas ambitions that are expected to support growing LNG imports. That could make room for new pricing hubs to be used in LNG contracting besides traditional ones that include Henry Hub in the US, Dutch TTF in Europe and Platts JKM in Northeast Asia.
Existing energy pipelines in North America are becoming increasingly valuable because investor focus on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues is making it more difficult to finance new infrastructure, midstream industry executives said on Wednesday. The "tobaccofication" of the energy industry in recent years has led to less money flowing to the midstream sector as investors and the public increasingly focus ESG investments, Peter Bowden, global head of energy investment banking at Jefferies, told IHS Markit's CERAWeek conference. "It has become much more difficult to finance these projects," Bowden said, referencing midstream projects.
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