Ukraine hopes to make €1.5 billion from electricity exports to the European Union by the end of the year and earn to more in the future after obtaining the right to export its energy there, a Ukrainian energy ministry adviser said on Wednesday (8 June). Former Soviet Ukraine’s electricity grid …
Read More »Italy’s Scramble for Fuel Risks Irreversible Warming
New planned LNG import facilities in the EU – especially in Germany, Italy, Greece, and the Netherlands – could supply a quarter more gas to the EU than before, with Italy ramping up gas imports and production and deviating from climate objectives, a report from the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) …
Read More »European Gas Prices on the Decline
European natural gas prices have been on the slide for several days now as an early start of summer combines with ample LNG supplies to quench supply worries. According to a Bloomberg report, natural gas prices in Europe have been on the decline for five days now as demand eases …
Read More »US Reportedly Allow Venezuelan Oil to be Shipped to Europe
Two oil companies could begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month to make up for Russian crude, resuming oil-for-debt swaps halted two years ago when Washington stepped up sanctions on Venezuela. The volume of oil that Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol Sare expected …
Read More »Russia to Settle Eurobond Debt in Mirror of EU Payments for Gas
Russia is constructing a way to pay its Eurobond debt that would sidestep the western financial infrastructure, now mostly off-limits because of the Ukraine war, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was cited as saying in an interview with Vedomosti. Foreign investors can open accounts in Russian banks in rubles and hard …
Read More »Spain to Call for more Energy Ambition in EU at Brussels Summit
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will call for more ambition to implement the reform of the European electricity markets and reduce energy bills on Monday and Tuesday at the EU summit in Brussels, Spanish official sources told EURACTIV’s partner EFE. Sánchez, together with other EU leaders, will participate in the extraordinary …
Read More »Russia’s Gazprom Continues Shipping Gas to Europe via Ukraine
Russian gas producer Gazprom said on Sunday its supply of gas to Europe through Ukraine via the Sudzha entry point stood at 44.1 million cubic metres (mcm), up from 43.96 mcm on Saturday. An application to supply gas via another major entry point, Sokhranovka, was rejected by Ukraine, Gazprom said.
Read More »EU Spares Pipeline Oil from Russian Embargo Plan
The European Commission sent a revised proposal to national governments on Saturday that would spare oil shipments through the giant Druzhba pipeline, which is Hungary’s main source of crude imports, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Read More »One of Europe’s Largest Gas Storage Sites could Start the Winter Empty
The Haidach gas storage site in Austria—one of central Europe’s largest—may be unable to receive any natural gas ahead of next winter due to a lack of connections other than with Russia’s Gazprom, Austrian energy officials told Bloomberg on Friday. The Haidach site was built and used by Gazprom and …
Read More »Europe, Asia Gas Buyers Switching to Long-Term Supplies to Beat Volatile Prices
Natural gas buyers in Asia and Europe are seeking to lock in supplies via long-term contracts as a buffer against volatile global prices, industry executives said, in moves that will reverse the last decade’s trend of increasing spot purchases. Fears of disruptions in Russian gas to Europe and low inventories …
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