The 1,000 municipal utilities that are the last link in the German energy supply chain are feeling the pinch of record-high energy prices, raising fears that some of them might go bankrupt. While large energy companies like Uniper and E.ON receive plenty of attention from German politicians, municipal utilities – …
Read More »Oil Prices Ease on Symbolic OPEC+ Output Cut
Oil prices inched lower on Tuesday, paring gains from the previous session, as an OPEC+ deal to cut output by 100,000 barrels per day in October was seen as a largely symbolic move to bolster prices after the market’s recent slide. Brent crude futures had fallen 81 cents, or 0.9 …
Read More »Russia will Respond to Oil Price Caps by Shipping more to Asia
Russia will respond to price caps on Russian oil by shipping more supply to Asia, its energy minister Nikolai Shulginov told reporters at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Tuesday. “Any actions to impose a price cap will lead to deficit on (initiating countries’) own markets and will increase …
Read More »OPEC+ Agrees 100,000 Barrels/Day Oil Output Cut to Prop up Prices
The OPEC+ oil cartel agreed on Monday to cut production for the first time in more than a year as it seeks to lift prices that have tumbled due to recession fears. The move could irk the United States as it has pressed the group to increase output in order …
Read More »Gazprom Starts Producing LNG at Plant near Nord Stream Pipeline
Gazprom PJSC has produced its first liquefied natural gas at a small-scale facility on the Baltic Coast near the start of the shuttered Nord Stream pipeline to Germany. Two production lines at Portovaya LNG have produced some 30,000 tons of the super-chilled fuel, Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Officer Vitaly Markelov …
Read More »China’s Energy Giants Sell Gas to World Scrambling for Supply
China’s biggest energy groups are diverting more liquefied natural gas away from their languishing home market, offering some relief to desperate buyers suffering supply shortages in other parts of the world. Cnooc is offering to sell an LNG cargo for November loading from the North West Shelf export project in …
Read More »Netherlands Expects to Reach 80% Gas Storage Target next Week
The Netherlands will reach the European Union target of filling up gas storage sites to 80% capacity as early as next week, according to its energy minister. “I expect the Netherlands to reach the 80% target in the upcoming days, next week,” the Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Policy …
Read More »European Stainless Steel Mills are Closing due to Energy Crisis
Stainless steel prices continue to struggle as we approach the final quarter of the year. Meanwhile, nickel prices float just above their 2021 average, closing August at $21,320 / mt. Both indices seem to indicate an overly-cautious marketplace, with buyers and sellers seemingly waiting to see what the other will …
Read More »Foreign Investors are Piling into India’s Renewable Industry
As the world rapidly invests in renewables, in a bid to transition away from fossil fuels to a greener future, companies and governments are not just funding projects at home but also abroad. Several companies around the globe have highlighted India as a key market for their renewable energy investment, …
Read More »Will OPEC cut Oil Output on Labor Day?
Saudi Arabia’s signal from two weeks ago that OPEC+ could decide to cut production at any time, in any form, managed to lift Brent oil prices to above $100 per barrel for around a week. But this week, fresh lockdowns in China, intensified fears of recession, and guidance that the …
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