A severe winter in Europe would likely mean natural gas prices will continue to rise higher, adding to the continent’s energy woes, according to Dea Mario Mehren, chief executive of natural gas and crude oil company Wintershall. “Prices might go up if the winter is very tough,” Mehren said during …
Read More »Russian Gas Complies with European Climatic Requirements
Russian natural gas supplied to Europe has the minimal carbon footprint and meets all EU climatic requirements, Deputy CEO of the Russian gas holding Elena Burmistrova said in an interview with the Gazprom’s corporate magazine. The European Union has recently announced plans to introduce the carbon duty in 2026 at …
Read More »Nord Stream 2 will Increase Risks for Security of Gas Supplies in EU
Poland’s PGNiG has announced that the launching of the €9.5bn Nord Stream 2 pipeline will increase the risks to the security of gas supplies to the European Union (EU). The Polish firm alongside its German subsidiary PGNiG Supply & Trading (PST) has filed its position within the certification procedure of …
Read More »Gazprom Rejects Gas Supply Increase to Europe
Gazprom has rejected the opportunity to maximise gas sales to Europe for the second month running, with the Russian gas giant booking only a small share of available additional pipeline capacity for November. The company did not book any additional capacity on pipelines running through Ukraine to the EU for …
Read More »Russia Signals Europe won’t Get Extra Gas without Nord Stream 2
Russia is signaling that it won’t go out of its way to offer European consumers extra gas to ease the current energy crisis unless it gets something in return: regulatory approval to start shipments through the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline. In exchange for upping supplies, Russia wants to get …
Read More »Nord Stream 2, the Russian Pipeline that Everybody’s Talking about
Remote, quiet but energy-rich: the coastal area of Lubmin in north Germany hosts the world’s most controversial gas pipeline. Nord Stream 2 stretches for 1,200 kilometres from Vyborg in Russia through the Baltic Sea to Lubmin in Germany, bypassing Ukraine and Poland. The gas pipeline is finished, but it is …
Read More »Russia to Set New Domestic Gas Consumption Record in 2021
Russia will set a new record in terms of domestic gas consumption in 2021, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview aired by Sergey Brilev’s news show on Rossiya-1 on Saturday. “Russia is also demonstrating record gas consumption results, domestically, which is particularly related to an active economic …
Read More »China Seeks Long-Term U.S. LNG Supply amid Energy Crisis
Several Chinese energy giants have intensified discussions with U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters to secure long-term supply deals in light of record spot prices in Asia, rising demand, and the specter of power shortages, Reuters reported on Friday, quoting industry sources. China and many other energy importers in Asia …
Read More »First String of Nord Stream 2 almost Filled with Gas
Filling of the first string of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with gas will not take a lot of time and it has been almost completely filled already, Chairman of the Energy Committee of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, Pavel Zavalny told TASS on …
Read More »EU to Study Joint Natural Gas Buying as Response to Energy Price Spike
The European Union will look into an option for member states to jointly buy natural gas as the bloc considers ways to protect itself against surging energy prices, according to a draft document. The European Commission will this week publish a “toolbox” of measures that European Union countries can take …
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