Gazprom PJSC has produced its first liquefied natural gas at a small-scale facility on the Baltic Coast near the start of the shuttered Nord Stream pipeline to Germany. Two production lines at Portovaya LNG have produced some 30,000 tons of the super-chilled fuel, Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Officer Vitaly Markelov …
Read More »ADNOC Sends First Low-Carbon Ammonia Cargo to Germany
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said that its first shipment of low-carbon ammonia has left the UAE bound for Hamburg, Germany, marking the first ever cargo of low-carbon ammonia to be shipped to the European country. The demonstration cargo will be delivered to Aurubis, a leading global provider of …
Read More »Russia’s Gazprom Says Siemens Energy Ready to Fix Nord Stream Fault
Russia’s Gazprom said on Saturday Siemens was ready to carry out repairs on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline but there was nowhere available to carry out the work, a suggestion Siemens denied and said it had not been asked to do the job. Gazprom’s statement came a day after it …
Read More »Aramco Set to Take Stake in Renault’s Future Thermal Engine Business
Saudi Arabia’s oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco could take a stake in French automaker Renault’s future thermal engine business after it separates it from its electric vehicle division. According to a Reuters report on Tuesday, China’s Geely Automobile Holdings and an oil group are in talks over taking stakes …
Read More »QatarEnergy to Build World’s Largest Blue Ammonia Facility
QatarEnergy is to build this large blue ammonia plant that will come online in the first quarter of 2026. The facility is to produce 1.2 million tonnes per year of blue ammonia. According to the company, this makes it the world’s largest such facility. The project will be located in …
Read More »Gazprom Halts Pipeline Gas Glow in New Jitters for Europe
Russian energy giant Gazprom on Wednesday cuts off its gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for maintenance work, further raising tensions on an already taut electricity market. The three-day works at a compressor station are “necessary”, Gazprom has said, adding that they had to be carried …
Read More »Gazprom Cuts Gas Deliveries to France’s Engie
French utility Engie announced that Russian energy giant Gazprom will reduce gas deliveries as of today over a contract disagreement. The company did not specify the reason for the dispute, but did say it “had already secured the volumes necessary to meet its commitment towards its customers and its own …
Read More »Germany is Preparing to Nationalize Gazprom’s Subsidiary
The German government has created a holding company for nationalizing the German branch of Russia’s Gazprom. Germany wants to carry out the nationalization as soon as possible. The former Gazprom Germania was initially renamed Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE), and then in June renamed Securing Energy for Europe Holding GmbH …
Read More »BP Looks to Restart the Midwest’s Largest Refinery
BP is still in the process of assessing when a restart of the affected units of its Whiting refinery can take place, BP told Oilprice.com on Friday. BP continues to work “with local and state agencies as we continue to monitor the impact” of the electrical fire, which saw no …
Read More »TotalEnergies to Sell Stake in War-Linked Russian Gas Field
French energy firm TotalEnergies said Friday it was divesting its stake in a Russian gas field that was reported this week to be providing fuel that ends up in Russian fighter jets. The company said that it had signed a deal on Friday with its local Russian partner Novatek to …
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