Asia is pumping billions of dollars into new gas infrastructure, making the region pivotal in a debate over the role of the fossil fuel as the world aims to curb emissions. The region has more than $350 billion of projects underway to expand liquefied natural gas terminals, gas-burning power plants …
Read More »Breaking Ranks with EU, Hungary Says Ready to Pay for Russian Gas in Roubles
Hungary said on Wednesday, April 6, it was prepared to pay roubles for Russian gas, breaking ranks with the European Union which has sought a united front in opposing Moscow’s demand for payment in the currency. Hungary will pay for shipments in roubles if Russia asks it to, Prime Minister …
Read More »U.S. Gas Production Set to Fall on Lack of Pipelines
U.S. natural gas production will decline by 5 percent by 2050, and consumption will shed 4 percent if no new interstate pipelines are built, the Energy Information Administration said in its latest Annual Energy Outlook. This, in turn, will lead to higher gas prices, the authority also said, and this …
Read More »Cutting off Russian Oil and Gas Supplies will Come at a Steep Cost
Over the past week, the world saw three major developments in the oil industry directly linked to the interests of three powers. Each wanted to push their own agenda and which is heralding successive changes in global relations and alliances. The developments came in the form of a three-act play …
Read More »EU Countries Seek Solidarity Fix to Urgently Fill Gas Storage
European Union countries are wrangling over how to rapidly fill their gas storage ahead of next winter and share the burden of quickly buying large stocks at current sky-high prices. Europe is facing a race to build a buffer of stored gas ahead of winter, to help cope with potential …
Read More »German Regulator Takes over Gazprom Germania to Ensure Energy Supply
Gazprom Germania, an energy trading, storage and transmission business under Russia’s natural gas giant Gazprom, will be transferred to Germany’s regulator to ensure energy security, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Monday. All voting rights in the company will be transferred to the regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur, Habeck told a news …
Read More »European Gas Advances as EU Weighs New Sanctions against Russia
Natural gas prices in Europe rose as supply fears intensified amid a push for further sanctions against Russia. Benchmark futures rose as much as 7%. Some European Union members are pushing for the bloc to quickly impose new penalties against Russia after reports of atrocities near Kyiv. German Chancellor Olaf …
Read More »Slovakia Willing to Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles
Slovakia is willing to pay for Russian gas in rubles to keep its gas supply, the country’s Economy Minister Richard Sulik said on national television on Sunday. “If there is a condition to pay in rubles, then we will pay in rubles,” Sulik said, adding that the EU member state …
Read More »World’s Scramble for Energy Drives Australian Exports to Record
Australia stands to gain from a surge in energy prices on prospects that the war in Europe will exacerbate global oil and gas shortages as nations shun supplies from Russia, according to the government forecaster. The disruption to Russian energy exports amid sprawling sanctions on Moscow will keep prices high, …
Read More »Putin Insists on Ruble Payments for Gas
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that the country’s natural gas must be paid for with rubles, a demand apparently intended to help bolster the Russian currency, but one that European leaders say they will not comply with because it violates the terms of contracts and sanctions. Putin said …
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