Europe imported nearly one-quarter of all LNG traded last year, becoming the premium market for liquefied natural gas as it seeks to replace Russian pipeline gas supply. This year, Europe needs to import even larger volumes of LNG—in the absence of much of the Russian gas—to refill gas storage sites …
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 »Europe Set for Warmest January in Decades as Energy Crisis Eases
Europe is set for the warmest January in decades, easing an energy crunch that has hammered the region for months. Mild conditions are likely to persist across the region until the end of the month, with a strong polar weather system inhibiting cold outbreaks, according to forecaster Maxar Technologies Inc. …
Read More »Europe Gas Slumps to Lowest since 2021 as Mild Weather Cuts Use
Natural gas prices in Europe fell back to pre-war levels, as a bout of mild weather reduced demand and eased fears of a prolonged supply crunch. Benchmark futures fell as much as 11% as a warm spell curbs heating demand and blustery conditions cut use of gas in power generation. …
Read More »European Gas Falls to Lowest Level since before War in Ukraine
European natural gas prices started the new year declining as mild weather curbed demand. Benchmark futures dropped as much as 7.9% to the lowest level since February 21, extending three weeks of net declines. Weather forecasts point to temperatures above seasonal norms for most of the region in the next …
Read More »European Oil and Gas Contracts down 2Pct in November 2022
Oil and gas contracts in Europe registered a decrease of 2% in November 2022 with 178 contracts, when compared with 182 contracts in the previous month, according to information provided by GlobalData. The activity marked a decrease of 11%, when compared with the last 12-month average of 199 contracts. Looking …
Read More »Russia Says Europe will Struggle to Replace its Oil Products
Europe will find it difficult to replace Russian crude oil and product supply once the full effect of the EU embargoes on Russian petroleum products is felt, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. “Europe used to be a key market for the sale of our oil products. Let …
Read More »Russia Ready to Resume Gas Supplies via Yamal-Europe Pipeline
The EU market remains open for Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), and Russia is ready to resume supplies via the Yamal-Europe pipeline, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with TASS news agency. “Even now this market is not closed. For example, we were able to significantly …
Read More »European Gas Falls further amid Mild Weather and Ample Supplies
European natural gas prices fell for a fifth day as temperatures are forecast to stay mild into the new year while supplies remain plentiful. Benchmark futures declined as much as 7%, after closing at the lowest level since mid-June on Wednesday. Prices have been sliding over the last two weeks …
Read More »Europe’s Gas Price Cap Threatens to Intensify Energy Crisis
Europe’s move to cap natural gas prices threatens to curb supply to the region and intensify its energy crisis. European nations this week reached a deal to put a ceiling on gas prices, ending months of political wrangling over whether to intervene in its energy sector. But while the mechanism …
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