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OPEC on Thursday cut its forecast for growth in world oil demand in 2022 for a second straight month, citing the impact of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, rising inflation and the resurgence of the Omicron coronavirus variant in China. In a monthly report, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries …

China has pledged to inject 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) into its coal-fired power firms to provide financial relief and support their efforts to guarantee power supplies, state media said late on Wednesday, citing a cabinet meeting. The new funding was part of a wider package of policies announced by …

Chinese oil buyers are spoilt for choice right now even as lockdowns hurt demand as they can opt for everything from discounted Russian crude and sanctioned Iranian oil to regularly-taken Middle Eastern barrels. While a wave of sweeping anti-virus curbs has put a dent in current consumption, China has an …

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Madrid has revived calls to build a huge gas pipeline between Spain and France dubbed MidCat that would boost Europe’s energy independence from Russia. What is MidCat? Initially launched in 2003, the 190-kilometre (120-mile) Midi-Catalonia (MidCat) pipeline would pump gas across the Pyrenees from Hostalric just …

The G7 club of wealthy nations have committed to phasing out its dependency on Russian oil. The statement from the Group of Seven – France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and the United States – did not specify exactly what commitments each country will make to move away from Russian …

Bulgaria has threatened not to support European Union’s new set of sanctions against Russia if the Balkan country does not get a derogation from the proposed ban on buying Russian oil, Deputy Prime Minister Assen Vassilev said late on Sunday. European Union governments moved closer on Sunday towards agreeing on …

Farmers in the lush fields southwest of Paris are joining Europe’s fight to wean itself off Russian energy over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. They’ll soon turn on the tap of a new facility where crops and agricultural waste are mashed up and fermented to produce “biogas.” It’s among energy solutions …

Italy would be in trouble if Russia decided to curb its gas supplies to the country in the next few months, Ecological Transition minister Roberto Cingolani told Festival Città Impresa in an interview on Sunday. Italy currently imports about 29 billion cubic metres of gas per year from Russia. If …

Iraq’s Minister of Oil, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, dismissed the Kurdistan Regional Government’s management of the oil wealth as “faulty” and wasteful of the Iraqi treasury resources. Ismail’s remarks came during the fourth meeting of the opinion commission on the Supreme Federal Court’s ruling against the KRG’s oil and gas law, …

Russia plans to put the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to domestic use after the fuel exports to Germany and Europe that were envisaged in its decade-long construction were called off because of the war in Ukraine. The Baltic Sea pipeline was completed last year but had not yet entered …