Libya can raise its natural gas production by 30 percent with an investment of up to $1 billion, Italy’s Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Buccino, said at a round table discussion at the LUISS University in Rome this week. If Libya manages to overcome political disputes, it would have more stability …
Read More »Italy Steps up Push to Cut Russian Gas with Egypt Agreement
Eni SPA signed a framework agreement to boost flows of liquefied natural gas from Egypt to Italy, as European nations step up efforts to wean themselves off Russian energy in the wake of Moscow’s attack on Ukraine. “The agreement aims to promote Egyptian gas exports to Europe, and specifically to …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Looks to Position NEOM as a Hydrogen Leader
At the first-ever conference devoted exclusively to carbon-free hydrogen in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), participants looked in depth at the technical and financial complexities of getting major projects off the ground. They covered projects announced by various consortiums worldwide, all in early-stage development. An exception appeared in …
Read More »Europe’s Gas Prices Jump as Ukraine Transit Demand Drops
After more than a week of consecutive declines, Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices rose on Tuesday amid lower orders for Russian gas supply transiting Ukraine. In morning trade in Amsterdam on Tuesday, the front-month gas futures price at the Dutch TTF hub, the benchmark gas price for Europe, was up …
Read More »Greece to Boost Gas Exploration Efforts to Cut Russian Dependence
Greece plans to step up efforts to explore for natural gas in an attempt to reduce its 40-percent reliance on Russian gas, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday. “Accelerating the exploitation of the country’s national energy resources will allow us, if we are lucky and we have exploitable …
Read More »China may Spend $100 Billion more on Crude Oil Imports in 2022 amid Surging Global Oil Prices
With the high volatility of international oil prices, China’s year-on-year increase in spending on oil and gas imports may exceed $100 billion, while further pressuring downstream business operations in addition to commercial consumption, financial media outlet Caixin reported on Wednesday, citing multiple experts. China may spend $100 billion more on …
Read More »IEA: Global Clean Energy Spending Surges in the Past Five Months
Clean energy spending earmarked by governments in response to the coronavirus crisis has surged 50 per cent over the past five months to reach $710 billion globally, the International Energy Agency said. The total spend is 40 per cent higher than the global green spend contained in the stimulus packages …
Read More »European Gas Prices Rise Once again with Ukraine Supplies Expected to Fall
European natural gas prices edged higher, following seven sessions of declines, with Russian supplies through Ukraine expected to fall. Orders dropped to about 68pc of the amount that Gazprom PJSC can send under its transit contract. The Russian company reiterated that flows were in line with requests from customers. Supplies …
Read More »Could a Full Oil Embargo Stop the War in Ukraine?
A “real embargo” on Russian oil could end the war in Ukraine in a matter of months, the BBC has reported, citing a former chief economic adviser to President Putin. According to Andrei Ilarionov, who resigned in 2005, if the West “would try to implement a real embargo on oil …
Read More »China Slashes LNG Purchases
China is slashing liquefied natural gas purchases as soaring global prices deepen import losses and pandemic lockdowns throttle domestic demand. Imports in the first quarter fell 14% from the same period last year, according to shipping data, and private companies are spurning offers to use once-highly coveted slots at state-owned …
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