State energy giants Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed several agreements on Tuesday, including on the use Russian roubles and Chinese yuan to pay for Russian natural gas supplies to China, Gazprom said. The agreements were in addition to a February deal between them to increase gas supplies …
Read More »Eni to Buy Algerian Upstream Business of BP
Italy’s Eni has signed a deal to acquire BP’s upstream business in Algeria, including stakes in two gas-producing concessions, for an undisclosed sum. The deal covers BP’s 45.89% stake in the ‘In Amenas’ concession and a 33.15% interest in the ‘In Salah’ concession. Eni expects the acquisition to strengthen its …
Read More »Gazprom to Shift Gas Sales to China to Rubles, Yuan from Euro
Gazprom PJSC said it will shift its contract to supply gas to China to rubles and yuan from euros, as the Kremlin steps up efforts to move trade out of currencies it considers “unfriendly” amid US and European sanctions. The state-run gas giant signed an additional agreement to its existing …
Read More »Gazprom Starts Producing LNG at Plant near Nord Stream Pipeline
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 …
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