OPEC+ oil output in June is almost 3 million barrels per day (bpd) less than its target, as some countries failed to comply with the output target. The level of underproduction by OPEC+ jumped to 320% in June from 256% in May and 220% a month earlier, Russian Interfax news …
Read More »Russia Asks for LNG Payments via Moscow Bank
Russian Sakhalin Energy Investments Co is asking the buyers of its liquefied natural gas to pay for it via the Moscow branch of an international bank, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources. The source added that the Russian company was also in talks to change the currency, in which the …
Read More »Türkiye Becomes Main Market for Non-Oil Exports of Azerbaijan
Türkiye has become the primary market for Azerbaijan’s non-oil export, accounting for almost one-third of the oil-rich Caspian country’s non-oil products sold overseas. According to the results of the first five months of 2022, the share of Türkiye in the total non-oil exports of Azerbaijan settled at 32.8 percent, according …
Read More »German Consumers Face Gas-Bill Surge with Move to Pass on Costs
German households will have to start paying an energy levy this fall, adding as much as 1,000 euros ($1,020) per year to the cost of living following Russia’s moves to squeeze gas deliveries. Starting in October, utilities will be able to pass along costs for offsetting missing Russian supplies. The …
Read More »Russian Gas Pivot toward China will Ease Europe’s Energy Crunch
Russia is boosting natural gas shipments to China as it curbs flows to Europe, a dynamic that may offer some respite from the unprecedented rally in energy costs, according to consultant Accenture Plc. Gas prices in Europe soared after Russia slashed supplies to its biggest market following the invasion of …
Read More »Is Saudi Arabia’s Real Production Capacity 15 Million Bpd?
As the OPEC+ group prepares to roll back all production cuts by the end of next month, analysts and the market are searching for the answer to the million-dollar question shrouded in mystery: How much more oil can Saudi Arabia actually produce? And how much into spare capacity is the …
Read More »Germany Says It may Leave Its Final 3 Nuclear Energy Plants Running for Longer than Planned, Reversing Nearly a Decade of Work
Germany is thinking about delaying the shutdown of the country’s remaining three nuclear plants as Russia continues to reduce natural-gas supply to Europe’s top economy. “The economy minister has commissioned an intensified worst-case scenario calculation. Let’s have a look at that,” said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday, Bloomberg reported. …
Read More »Turkey Prepares to Drill for Gas off Cyprus Early next Month
Turkey will resume gas exploration off its coast in the Mediterranean on 9 August, the energy ministry said Tuesday (26 July). “Turkish drilling ship Adbulhamid Han will start a mission in the Mediterranean on 9 August departing from the Mersin port” in the south of the country, it said in …
Read More »Azerbaijan Ready to Double Gas Supplies to Bulgaria
According to SeeNews, Azerbaijan is ready to supply to Bulgaria 0.5 – 1 billion m3 (bcm) of natural gas per year in addition to the amount of 1 bcm it has already agreed to deliver, outgoing Bulgarian prime minister Kiril Petkov said. Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil and gas company Socar has …
Read More »EU Faces Solidarity Test over Forced Cuts in Russian Gas Fight
European Union countries are set to tussle over emergency regulation that could force 15% cuts in gas consumption through the winter if Russia escalates its showdown with the bloc by halting deliveries. Energy ministers from the bloc’s 27 member states will meet on Tuesday to wrangle over backing a proposal …
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