Norway became Germany’s single-largest natural gas supplier in 2022, overtaking Russia, as total German gas imports dropped by 12.3% compared to 2021, the German Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur, said on Friday. Norway provided 33% of the gas Germany imported last year, followed by Russia, whose share fell to 22% for …
Read More »Europe Imports of U.S. Diesel, Gasoline to Hit 2-Year High
Europe’s imports of diesel and gasoil from the United States is on track to reach a two-year high this month, data from Vortexa shows. In December, Europe’s U.S. loadings for diesel and gasoil reached 660,000t, according to Vortexa data cited by Argus. It was the highest amount headed to Europe …
Read More »Turkey on Its Way to Become Energy Hub
The natural gas deal with Bulgaria is a step forward in Turkey’s efforts to become an energy hub, Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez has said. “With this agreement, natural gas could be transmitted not only to Bulgaria but other countries via Bulgaria,” Dönmez added. On Jan. 3, Türkiye and Bulgaria signed …
Read More »Gazprom Reduces Gas Pumping to the EU through Ukraine
Today, on January 6, the gas pumping by Gazprom to the European Union countries through Sudzha gas metering station (GMS) on the Russian-Ukrainian border will amount to 35.5 million cubic meters. Thus, in less than a week, the export figure has decreased by approximately 7.8 million cubic meters, Kommersant writes. …
Read More »Increased Chinese Crude Buying Spooks European Oil Traders
China is snapping up cargoes of crude that would normally head to Europe, spooking the continent’s physical oil traders who’ve just seen imports from Russia all but halt at a time when local demand is rising. The world’s largest oil importer already bought 5 million barrels of mostly-Kazakh crude for …
Read More »RBC: if Oil Prices Fall further, OPEC will Act
If the selloff in oil continues and prices continue down, OPEC may well swing into action, RBC Capital Markets’ head of global commodity strategy Helima Croft told the Australian Financial Review today. “OPEC looks content to stay the course on the current production policy and is seeking to stay out …
Read More »China’s EV Boom has Sent its Car Exports Soaring
Despite being a huge manufacturing country – the biggest in the world, in fact – until recently, China has not been on the radar when it comes to car manufacturing. Chinese automakers have never gained global attention for their high-quality petrol or diesel cars, with other U.S., European or Asian …
Read More »Non-Oil Export from Khuzestan Province Rises 8% in 9 Months on Year
The export of non-oil commodities from Khuzestan province, in the southwest of Iran, rose eight percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2022), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, according to an official with the customs …
Read More »Oil Prices Edge up on Optimism over China’s Reopening
Oil prices rose as much as $1 on Friday, extending gains from the previous session, supported by hopes of a China demand boost and after data showed lower U.S. fuel inventories following a winter storm that hit at the end of the year. Brent crude futures were 75 cents, or …
Read More »BP to Significantly Boost Investment in U.S. Oil
Moving in lockstep with the Biden Administration’s calls for U.S. oil and gas companies to expand production, London-based BP Plc has unveiled plans to boost spending in the American oil heartland by over 40% this year. On Wednesday, BP said it would raise onshore oil and gas investment in the …
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