European natural gas futures fell following more signals from Russia that supply may increase next month. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Gazprom PJSC on Wednesday to focus on filling its European storage sites from Nov. 8, a day after it completes the process in Russia. This should help alleviate supply …
Read More »Saudis have Huge Concern over Falling Global Oil Supply Capacity
Saudi Aramco said oil-output capacity across the world is dropping quickly and companies need to invest more in production. It’s a “huge concern,” Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser said in an interview in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital. “The spare capacity is shrinking.” His comments come with crude prices having soared …
Read More »Aramco Says Fall in Global Oil-Supply Capacity is Huge Concern
Saudi Aramco said that oil-output capacity across the world is dropping quickly and that companies need to invest more in production. It’s a “huge concern,” Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser said in an interview in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital. His comments come with crude prices having soared 70% this year …
Read More »China Power Crisis Boosts Coal Imports from Indonesia to Record
Indonesia is now overwhelmingly China’s biggest overseas supplier of coal, with shipments hitting a record last month after Beijing loosened curbs on imports to tackle its power crisis. Cargoes of coking, thermal and brown coal from the Southeast Asian nation surpassed 21 million tons in September, from just over 17 …
Read More »Russia Signals Europe won’t Get Extra Gas without Nord Stream 2
Russia is signaling that it won’t go out of its way to offer European consumers extra gas to ease the current energy crisis unless it gets something in return: regulatory approval to start shipments through the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline. In exchange for upping supplies, Russia wants to get …
Read More »OPEC+ Once Again Fails to Pump Enough to Meet Its Output Target
OPEC and its allies once again failed to pump enough oil to meet their output targets, exacerbating the supply deficit as the world recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. OPEC+ cut its production 15 per cent deeper than planned in September, compared with 16 per cent in August and 9 per …
Read More »Spain is Canary in the Mine for Europe’s Emerging Energy Crisis
For European nations looking for ways to protect their citizens and businesses from skyrocketing energy prices, Spain has a dispiriting message: there’s only so much governments can do. After months of devising policies to cap the pain of a record surge in gas and power prices amid supply shortages, Spain’s …
Read More »Global Energy Crisis Prompts Asia to Turn to U.S. for Oil
Asian demand for U.S. oil is rising as the energy crisis boosts prices for other crudes that are priced against the global Brent futures contract. China and other Asian buyers have been snapping up supertankers of American sour crudes for delivery in November and seeking more for December, according to …
Read More »Putin Sees European Gas Crisis as Russia’s Golden Opportunity
Fresh from crowing over Europe’s gas crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin now sees a chance to capitalize on it. Putin wants to press the European Union to rewrite some of the rules of its gas market after years of ignoring Moscow’s concerns, to tilt them away from spot-pricing toward long-term …
Read More »WoodMac: Only Russian Gas Can Save Europe in Cold Winter
Europe may face gas shortages this winter if the cold weather depletes storage levels to zero, leaving the region entirely dependent on additional flows from Russia, according to consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd. If Europe and Asia experience cold winters, there won’t be enough gas to meet demand unless extra volumes …
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