Russia has doubled the purchases of natural gas from Turkmenistan this year amid rising global demand. Russia this year stands to import about 10 billion cubic metres of gas from Turkmenistan, Russian envoy to Ashgabat Alexander Blokhin said on Friday. That’s nearly twice the amount imported in 2020. This year’s …
Read More »Major Oil Find Brings UAE Closer to 5 Million Bpd Production Goal
A key corporate proxy at the forefront of the Washington’s attempts to counteract the increasing influence of China and Russia across the Middle East is the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC), in line with the U.S.-sponsored ‘relationship normalisation’ deal signed last year between Israel and the UAE. A vital …
Read More »Physical Gas Flow through Yamal-Europe to Germany still at Halt
The physical flow of gas through the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline to Germany was stopped for the second day in a row due to Gazprom’s refusal to book pumping capacities for today, according to the data from gas transmission operator Gascade made avaialble on Wednesday. The transnational gas pipeline Yamal – …
Read More »Gazprom Halts Gas Transit to Germany via Yamal Pipeline
Deliveries of Russian natural gas to Germany through the Yamal-Europe pipeline have been completely halted, data from the country’s transport operator, Gascade, revealed on Tuesday morning. The suspension of the flow comes after a weekend in which the volume being sent through the network dropped significantly, just as demand for …
Read More »U.S. to be World’s Biggest LNG Exporter in 2022
The United States is set to become the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in 2022, surpassing Qatar and Australia, and may hold that title for years to come. In a year when China and other large economies in Europe and Asia scrambled to source enough supply for heating …
Read More »Gas Prices in Europe Surpass $1,700 per 1,000 Cubic Meters as Trading Starts
Gas prices in Europe increased by more than 7% and surpassed $1,700 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to London’s ICE. The price of the January futures on the TTF hub in the Netherlands increased to $1,732 per 1,000 cubic meters, or 148.87 euro per MWh. By the closure of the …
Read More »Russian Gas Exports Drop Sharply to Europe via Yamal Pipeline
Russian natural gas deliveries to Germany through the Yamal-Europe pipeline dropped sharply on Saturday, data from German network operator Gascade showed, adding pressure to an already tight European gas market as it heads into peak winter demand. It was not immediately clear why flows were down through the pipeline, one …
Read More »Europe’s Gas Prices Plunge as Russia Signals more Supply is Coming
The European natural gas benchmark prices tumbled by 15% early on Friday after Russia’s gas giant Gazprom booked last-minute capacity on a pipeline to ship extra gas to Germany via Poland in the coming days. The benchmark price for Europe at the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) has seen some …
Read More »Russia Puts the Blame on Europe as Energy Crisis Worsens
The European Union (EU) is reportedly reconsidering its position on extending long-term natural gas contracts beyond 2049 as part of reforms in its natural gas market to meet the net-zero by 2050 goal. Should the European Commission’s proposal be endorsed by EU heads of state and government this week, putting …
Read More »Europe Plans to End Long-Term Gas Import Contracts as Prices Soar
The European Union is planning a hard deadline to end long-term contracts to import natural gas as part of its green shift, a setback for top supplier Russia. The bloc’s executive arm wants to prevent such contracts from being extended beyond 2049 in a sweeping overhaul of its energy markets, …
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