Gas

Turkey Agrees to Pay for Russian Gas with Rubles

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed on Friday to bolster cooperation after a four-hour meeting, a joint statement from the two nations has revealed as cited by Reuters. As part of the deal, which would increase cooperation in the transportation, agriculture, finance, and construction industries and …

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US Boost Its LNG Supplies to Europe amid Ukraine War

The war in Ukraine has changed the direction of energy supplies around the world, and one result is that the United States is now sending more gas to Europe by sea than Russia by pipeline, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing ICIS data. Since 1967, Gazprom’s pipelines in western Siberia …

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European Gas Prices Ease with Inventories, Demand in Focus

Natural gas prices in Europe edged lower amid rising inventories and signs of reduced demand, while supplies from Russia remain steady, albeit low. Benchmark futures erased earlier gains, though they’re still trading near their highest levels since early March, during the first weeks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prices rallied …

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EU Gas Dependence on Russia Falls by 50%

The European Union has reduced its dependence on Russian gas deliveries by 50 percent, but savings will be necessary to make up for the difference with alternative supplies. This is what the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said this week in a …

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Gas Shortage Sparks Energy Security Fears in Asia

It’s no secret that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had a massive global impact. From the sanctions to the natural gas supply cutoffs, the economic toll is both catastrophic and far from over. Currently, economists and other experts are trying to predict how different parts of the world will react …

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Top LNG Exporter Australia is Told to Keep more Fuel at Home

Australia should tighten measures to curb natural gas exports from one of the world’s biggest suppliers to avoid a domestic fuel crunch, according to the nation’s competition watchdog. Gas that hasn’t been sold under long-term contracts should be made available domestically before it is exported, because of a significant risk …

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Africa Energy Giants Discuss Gas Pipeline to Europe

African energy giants Algeria, Nigeria and Niger signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday on a vast gas pipeline project offering Europe potential future alternatives to Russian supplies, state media reported. The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) would transport billions of cubic metres of gas some 4,128 kilometres from Nigeria in West …

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Europe Focuses on Storage to Alleviate Energy Crisis

Europe’s energy efficiency plan to combat the bloc’s energy crisis and secure sufficient gas supplies ahead of the winter cannot exclude gas flow from Russia in order to fill up gas storage. Natural gas storage has become an important tool in alleviating the energy crisis, which has escalated since the …

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