Europe is scrambling to reduce its dependence on Russia for energy and bracing for potential disruption to critical natural gas supplies as Russia’s war in Ukraine sends prices to new highs. The Paris-based International Energy Agency said on March 3 that Russian gas imports could be cut by one-third this …
Read More »Asian Nations Try to Relieve Energy Price Pain
Asian governments are taking measures to soften the impact of escalating oil and LNG prices on their economies and help consumers with subsidies and tax cuts. However, such measures probably won’t be sufficient to offset the sharp increase in energy prices, which is adding to inflationary pressures. Brent crude oil …
Read More »Major Oil Companies and Investors Pull Back from Russian Arctic Oil and Gas
Several major oil companies and investors have announced in recent days they are withdrawing from Russian resource development or not pursuing new projects with Russia, including in the Arctic, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. BP was the first to announce such plans. On Sunday, the company said that it was …
Read More »Germany Faces Reckoning for Relying on Putin for Cheap Energy
For years, the U.S. warned Germany of building up a dangerous energy dependence on Russia, the source of more than half of its fossil fuel imports. Now that the war in Ukraine has shocked Berlin into the same conclusion, the government is finding that changing course might be too late. …
Read More »Iranian Oil could Take Months to Enter Markets after a Deal
It could take months before any large quantities of Iranian oil hit the markets if a nuclear deal is reached and sanctions lifted, a Reuters analysis said on Friday. With oil prices hitting almost $120 this week, market watchers await the outcome of indirect talks between the United States and …
Read More »IAEA Chief in Tehran to Resolve Nuclear Issues
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi arrived in Tehran to resolve issues regarding safeguards agreement. Upon his arrival, Grossi was welcomed by the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi. During his stay in Tehran, Grossi is to confer with Iranian …
Read More »IEA Member Countries Commit to Release 61.7 Million Barrels of Oil
International Energy Agency (IEA) member countries have committed to release 61.7 million barrels of oil reserves as of Friday as part of the emergency stock release announced by the agency on Tuesday. The amount exceeds the 60 million barrels of oil that IEA countries had pledged to release from emergency …
Read More »EIA: US Weekly LNG Exports Climb by Six LNGCs
According to the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook from EIA, U.S. LNG exports increased for the period between 24 February and 2 March 2022 compared to the week before. Specifically, they are up by six vessels. Twenty-four LNG vessels with a combined LNG-carrying capacity of 92 billion cubic feet departed the …
Read More »Gazprom Resumes Westbound Gas Flows via Yamal Pipeline to Germany
Russian energy company Gazprom on Thursday resumed westbound gas supplies via the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Germany from Poland, data from Gascade pipeline operator showed. Flows have been at 5.9 million kilowatt-hour per hour (kWh/h), while renominations, or preliminary bids, stand at 19.3 million kWh/h until Friday morning.
Read More »Russian Oil, Gas Firms’ Shares Nosedive despite Record Energy Prices
Russia’s major oil and natural gas companies saw their stock values nosedive on foreign exchanges during the past week amid the war in Ukraine, unlike their western peers, despite record-high energy prices. Oil and natural gas prices climbed this week to their highest level in more than a decade with …
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