Qatar is striving for a diversified set of customers for its natural gas, the Gulf state’s energy minister told German daily Handelsblatt, potentially posing a limit to Germany’s purchasing ambitions to cut its dependency on Russian energy. “Just like buyers want to diversify their supplier base, we are keen to …
Read More »Germany, Italy Agree to Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles
Germany and Italy have allowed national companies to open ruble accounts in Russia’s Gazprombank to comply with the new natural gas payment scheme and avoid a supply cut-off, Reuters reported on Friday, citing sources. The move comes after Poland, Bulgaria and most recently Finland refused to accept Russia’s new payment …
Read More »EU Faces same Hurdles over Tariff on Russian Oil as with Embargo
The European Union is unlikely to reach a unanimous decision on the idea the U.S. has floated for cutting Putin’s oil revenues—a tariff on Russian oil, a senior official told Argus on Friday. Basically, an EU-wide agreement on a tariff is likely to be as difficult to reach as a …
Read More »Russia Cuts off Finland Gas Flows over Payment Dispute
Russia’s Gazprom halted gas exports to neighbouring Finland, the latest escalation of an energy payment dispute with Western nations. Gazprom Export has demanded that European countries pay for Russian gas supplies in roubles because of sanctions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. But Finland refused to do so. “Gas imports …
Read More »A Plan to Rapidly Reduce Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels and Fast Forward the Green Transition
The European Commission has today presented the REPowerEU Plan, its response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There is a double urgency to transform Europe’s energy system: ending the EU’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels, which are used as an economic and …
Read More »Hungary Says Ditching Russian Oil to Cost at Least $810 Million
Hungary told its European Union counterparts that it will cost at least 770 million euros ($810 million) to revamp its oil industry as they wrangle over potential sanctions that would target Russian supplies. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government said 550 million euros were needed to overhaul its refineries to comply …
Read More »Gulf’s Smallest Oil Producer Looks to Gas Imports to Meet Demand
The smallest oil producer in the Persian Gulf is turning to natural gas imports to meet rising energy demand as production from its own deposits slips. Bahrain plans to import at least five or six cargoes of liquefied natural gas in 2025, according to Mark Thomas, chief executive officer of …
Read More »Russian Gas Transit to Europe via Sokhranivka to Fall 25%
The volume of natural gas from Russian gas giant Gazprom destined for Europe via Ukraine will decrease 25% on Monday compared to the quantity the previous day, Gazprom’s spokesman Sergey Kupriyanov confirmed. “Gazprom will supply 46.8 million cubic meters of natural gas via Ukraine on May 15 (Monday),” Kupriyanov said, …
Read More »Russia to Halt Electricity Exports to Finland on Saturday
Following Thursday’s report that Russia threatened to cut the flow of gas to Finland, Russia—through its entity RAO, will suspend imports of electricity to Finland as of 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 14, Fingrid said on Friday in a statement on its website. The Finnish transmission system operator, Fingrid, claims …
Read More »More European Buyers Prepare for Russian Gas Payments in Rubles
Ten more European buyers of Russian gas have opened accounts at Russia’s Gazprombank, designated by Vladimir Putin to process the ruble-for-gas payments that he demands from now on, a source close to Russia’s gas giant Gazprom told Bloomberg on Thursday. So far, 20 companies from Europe have already opened accounts …
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