International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol has warned Europe to be prepared for the possibility of a complete shutdown of Russian gas exports this winter, calling on EU governments to widen the span of measures aimed at preparing for this scenario, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. “Europe should …
Read More »Russia Says it will Retaliate against Lithuania if Transit Blockade isn’t Lifted
Russia has summoned the European Union’s envoy to Moscow to “strongly” protest new restrictions on goods shipments to its Kaliningrad exclave through EU member Lithuania while threatening the Baltic state with “retaliation.” The Foreign Ministry in Moscow said on June 21 that EU Ambassador to Moscow Markus Ederer was informed …
Read More »Turkmenistan only has One Customer for its Natural Gas
Turkmenistan talks a big game about diversifying export markets for its natural gas, but China will be the only major customer for the foreseeable future. The scale of the quasi-monopsonistic reality that Ashgabat confronts was laid bare anew on June 18 in a speech President Serdar Berdymukhamedov gave in the …
Read More »Solar Industry Lashes out as Biden Lifts Tariffs on Chinese Panels
For US President Joe Biden, it’s a Hobson’s choice on Chinese solar panel imports. His new move to pause tariffs on imported Chinese-made silicone solar panels for two years has been either hailed or criticized. The announcement came in the middle of an ongoing investigation by the US Commerce Department. …
Read More »Europe Faces Red Alert for Gas Supply as Russia Reduces Flows
The risk of a difficult winter of gas rationing for industries and another surge in energy bills for consumers in Europe just became greater as Russia escalated the gas row with the EU by slashing supply to major customers. The significantly lower supply from Russia since last week and the …
Read More »Exxonmobil CEO Expects Tight Oil Market to Last Year
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods on Tuesday said it would take time for energy market volatility to end and that he expects three to five years of fairly tight oil markets. Speaking at a panel at the Bloomberg Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Woods added that the company had asked the …
Read More »Italy Says Proposal to Cap Gas Prices is Gaining Support in EU
An Italian proposal to cap natural gas prices in Europe is gaining traction across the region as countries increasingly see it as the “only solution” to soaring costs, Energy Minister Roberto Cingolani said Tuesday. Italy has recommended that European Union member states put a limit on the price of gas …
Read More »Denmark Declares Early Warning for Potential Gas Supply Disruptions
Denmark’s energy agency said on Monday it had activated the first step of a three-stage emergency gas supply plan, which effectively means a tighter monitoring of the market, due to uncertainty about gas supplies from Russia. The energy agency said gas supplies were guaranteed for now but urged consumers and …
Read More »Ukraine Strikes Drilling Platforms off Crimea
Ukrainian military forces targeted offshore oil and gas drilling platforms in the Black Sea on Monday, the country’s officials and Russia-installed head of Crimea have said. Oleksiy Honcharenko, People’s Deputy of Ukraine, first broke the news on Telegram, which was later confirmed on the same platform by Sergei Askyonov, who …
Read More »China to Stay at Top in Global LNG Liquefaction Capacity Additions
China is expected to lead the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification capacity additions with 26% of the additions between 2022 and 2026, forecasts GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest report, ‘LNG Regasification Terminals Capacity and Capital Expenditure (CapEx) Forecast by Region, Countries and Companies including details …
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