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State-run Indian refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp is seeking extra oil from Middle Eastern producers for April, fearing Western sanctions against Russia could hit deliveries of Urals crude, a source familiar with the matter said. BPCL, India’s second biggest state refiner, on average buys two million barrels of Russian Urals every …

The United States and other member states of the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Tuesday agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil reserves to compensate for supply disruptions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian oil trade is in disarray after many nations imposed sanctions on Russian companies, banks and …

Norwegian energy company Equinor ASA has announced that it will begin exiting its current joint ventures in Russia and give up potential new investments, thus putting an end to its presence of more than 30 years in the country. “We are all deeply troubled by the invasion of Ukraine, which …

Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has launched the participation procedure for the German continental shelf section of the Hansa PowerBridge subsea cable project. BSH is now accepting submissions from public interest representatives as part of the participation procedure for the 300 kV cross-border submarine cable between Germany and …

Ukraine’s largest state-owned oil and gas company has announced it had stopped the work in some of its production facilities after Russian troops invaded Ukraine. As of Friday 4pm, Naftogaz said one gas storage facility in the Chernihiv region, north-central Ukraine, temporarily suspended gas extraction due to reports of hostilities …

Ukraine’s transmission system operator GTSOU said on February 27 that it could not confirm there had been an accident at its transmission infrastructure in the east Kharkiv city, despite the Ukrainian government reporting earlier that day that Russian troops had blown up a pipeline there. Ukraine’s state service of special …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence troops to put nuclear weapons on high alert as he claims the US and her allies are advancing in an ‘unfriendly’ way. This is according to a New York Times Monday briefing. His remarks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that …

European natural gas prices surged as another round of sanctions on Russia over the weekend fueled concerned about energy shortages. Futures traded in the Netherlands jumped as much as 36% on Monday. Western nations agreed to impose new sanctions to further isolate Russia’s economy and financial system after initial penalties …

Russia’s Gazprom continues to supply gas for transit through Ukraine in the regular mode and following consumers’ demands amounting to 107.5 million cubic meters as of Sunday, the company said. “Gazprom supplies Russian gas for transit through the territory of Ukraine in the regular mode, in accordance with the applications …

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. discovered a number of natural gas fields in the Central Region, the Empty Quarter desert, in addition to the Northern and Eastern borders, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, citing Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman.