In response to a growing clamour among the G7 nations to cap the price of crude oil imports from Russia, Moscow has told New Delhi it is willing to provide oil at lower prices than before to India, officials said. “In principle, the ask in return is that India should …
Read More »Germany Cranks up Chemical Imports as Energy Crisis Hikes Costs
Germany is increasingly getting vital chemicals from abroad as the country’s industrial giants like BASF SE struggle with sky-rocketing energy prices from Russian gas cuts. Chemical import volumes have almost doubled this year as the crisis deepened. Germany imported around 2.8 billion tonnes of inorganic chemicals in the first half …
Read More »Europe’s Energy Crunch could Spark Flashbacks to the Eurozone Crisis
Meaningful reform in the European Union has historically taken a crisis, and this winter seems ripe for energy policy. As with the euro crisis a decade ago, though, a quick political compromise could risk leaving the job half done. The EU’s energy ministers held an emergency meeting Friday to agree …
Read More »Iran’s 5-Month Trade with SCO Members Rises 31%
The value of Iran’s non-oil trade with member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has increased by 31 percent in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22), according to the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). Ruhollah Latifi said …
Read More »Iraq’s Oil Exports to the United States Decreased to 222 bpd in the Past Week
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Data showed that Iraq exported 222 bpd of oil to the United States in the past week. EIA stated in a report, “U.S. imports oil 5.782 million bpd in the past week.” The top three source countries for U.S. import oil are Canada (3.538 million …
Read More »Gazprom will See Revenues Surge 85% this Year
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom is set to rake in 85% higher revenues this year, to around $100 billion, as natural gas prices surged following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the significant cut to Russian pipeline gas exports to Europe, an analyst told the Financial Times on Friday. By choking …
Read More »Europe’s Central Bank Rules out Liquidity Support for Energy Firms
The European Central Bank will not give short-term financing to European energy firms struggling through the energy crisis, sky-high prices, and margin calls on the derivatives markets, ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Friday. “As far as the ECB is concerned, and the national central banks of the Eurosystem, of …
Read More »EU Move to Replace Gas with Hydrogen Held up by Red Tape
Europe’s move to green hydrogen, a potential substitute for natural gas, is being held up by European Union proposals relating to its production, according to an industry group. A number of green hydrogen projects in Europe have already been put on hold or delayed by regulatory uncertainty, said Daryl Wilson, …
Read More »Energy Crisis Pushes Germany to Lock in LNG for Decades
Germany’s energy crunch is forcing it to sign fossil-fuel contracts that last decades as the country balances keeping the lights on and homes heated against meeting environmental targets. Energy providers from Uniper SE to RWE AG have signed long-term agreements with liquefied natural gas suppliers, especially in the US, with …
Read More »Oil Prices Rise despite Economic Concerns
Crude oil prices rose on Friday by 3% despite fears of a global recession which has pervaded the oil price narrative in recent weeks, weighing on prices. Friday’s price rise was precipitated not by bullish production or supply outages nor by any significant demand outlook increases. At 11:45 a.m. ET, …
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