European Union countries are set to tussle over emergency regulation that could force 15% cuts in gas consumption through the winter if Russia escalates its showdown with the bloc by halting deliveries. Energy ministers from the bloc’s 27 member states will meet on Tuesday to wrangle over backing a proposal …
Read More »Russian Gas Supply Uncertainty Sends Asian Fuel Prices Surging
Asian natural gas prices are rallying on fears that Russia will slash supply again and worsen a global fuel shortage. The North Asia liquefied natural gas benchmark jumped 12% Friday, and is trading near the highest level since Russia’s war in Ukraine upended the global market, according to data from …
Read More »Global Competition for LNG Intensifies on New Russia Supply Cut
Russia’s latest move to cut natural gas supply to Europe is intensifying global competition for seaborne shipments of the fuel, threatening higher prices and shortages from Asia to South America. Utilities in South Korea and Japan are accelerating plans to purchase more liquefied natural gas cargoes for winter out of …
Read More »Russian Gas Supply Uncertainty Sends Asian Fuel Prices Surging
Asian natural gas prices are rallying on fears that Russia will slash supply again and worsen a global fuel shortage. The North Asia liquefied natural gas benchmark jumped 12% Friday, and is trading near the highest level since Russia’s war in Ukraine upended the global market, according to data from …
Read More »Nord Stream Says Russian Gas Shipments Resumed on Thursday
Russia started sending gas through it’s biggest pipeline to Europe after a 10-day maintenance period, according to Nord Stream AG. Flows restarted on Thursday, a spokesperson for the pipeline operator said by phone. Restoring flows to the levels requested will take some time. Gazprom PJSC declined to comment. The resumption …
Read More »IEA: Europe must Slash Gas Demand Now before Hard Winter
Europe needs to drastically slash natural gas consumption in the next few months to prepare for what is likely to be “a long, hard winter,” the head of the International Energy Agency said. While the European Union has made some progress diversifying away from key supplier Russia, any shipments from …
Read More »European Gas Prices Jump as Heat Wave Boosts Cooling Demand
European natural gas prices jumped with a heat wave scorching the western half of the region, boosting demand for cooling and pushing energy costs higher. Temperatures in parts of the UK and France, including London and Paris, could rise to record levels Monday and Tuesday, according to forecaster Maxar. The …
Read More »Japan will Aim to Keep Stake in Russia’s Sakhalin-2
Japan will seek to maintain its stake in the Sakhalin-2 natural gas project in Russia’s far east, the Nikkei newspaper said, after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree transferring rights to a new Russian company just over two weeks ago. The decree gave stakeholders a month to say whether they’ll …
Read More »China Edible Oil Imports Hit Seven-Year Low as Covid Lingers
China’s imports of edible oils plunged to the smallest in more than seven years on weak demand from the restaurant industry as the impact of Covid lockdowns lingers, and on expectations prices will drop even more. Just 254,000 tons were unloaded in June, the lowest monthly total since February 2015, …
Read More »The Global Energy Crisis may Get Worse
A global squeeze on energy supply that’s triggered crippling shortages and sent power and fuel prices surging may get worse, according to the head of the International Energy Agency. “The world has never witnessed such a major energy crisis in terms of its depth and its complexity,” IEA Executive Director …
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