Gas

Sara Wagenknecht, founder of Germany’s ultra-left party BSW, has announced plans to lift the embargo on Russian oil if her party participates in the Brandenburg state government. Wagenknecht argues that resuming the supply of Russian oil to the Schwedt refinery would be more efficient and economical than the current situation, …

China imported 43.9mn tonnes of LNG during the January-July period, marking an 11.8% increase compared to the previous year, according to data published by the customs department on August 18. In July alone, LNG imports totalled 5.9mn tonnes, representing a 1.1% year/year increase. China’s pipeline gas imports during the January-July …

Iran is eager to collaborate with Russia and facilitate the transit of Russian natural gas through its territory. According to the Russian news agency TASS, the Iranian Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, said on Saturday, “We are very interested in working with Russia. We are ready to transit Russian gas …

Qatar remains the top liquefied natural gas exporter in the Gas Exporting Countries Forum and figures among the top three LNG exporters globally in July, latest report by GECF has shown. According to the Doha-headquartered GECF, the US, Qatar and Australia were the top three LNG exporters globally last month. …

Chinese authorities have stated that Newnew Shipping’s container ship Newnew Polar Bear was responsible, albeit by accident, for damaging the Balticconnector subsea gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland last year. According to a report by the South China Morning Post, Chinese authorities have conducted an internal investigation and forwarded the …

European benchmark natural gas prices have dropped from their highest level this year as concerns about a possible halt to Russian pipeline supplies via Ukraine have eased. The Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, the benchmark for Europe’s gas trading, were up by 0.3% as of 11 a.m. local time in …

It often feels like common ground is a rare commodity in today’s highly charged political climate, where heated debate emphasizes our differences more often than our shared values. As policy solutions are advanced in the coming months of the election season on key issues related to the economy, national security …

Total production and imports of natural gas in the Sultanate of Oman increased by 5.3 percent to 27.58 billion cubic metres by the end of June 2024 compared to 26.19 billion cubic metres during the same period in 2023. Statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) …

Turkmenistan is ready to start work on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project in Afghanistan’s territory, Trend reports. Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov announced this during an online meeting with Afghan Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar. The sides also discussed economic, transit, trade, and political cooperation between their countries. …

Natural gas flows from Russia to Europe via Ukraine continued on Thursday despite clashes at the Russia-Ukraine border near the only gas metering station that still sends Russian gas west to Europe. Unconfirmed reports emerged on Wednesday that Ukraine had seized Sudzha gas metering station in the Russian region of …