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The occupancy rate in Europe’s natural gas storage facilities fell to 37.5% in January 2021 from 52% in January 2022, according to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe. In January 2021, there were approximately 60 billion cubic meters of gas in all of the natural gas storages across Europe, and the …

The U.S. and its European allies have approached several major natural-gas importers in Asia, including China, about sending their fuel to Europe if a conflict over Ukraine erupts, according to people familiar with the matter. President Joe Biden’s administration has spoken to officials in Japan, South Korea and India as …

Energy-rich countries from Qatar to Azerbaijan have all pledged emergency gas supplies to Europe, but the region is quickly figuring out it can’t replace top supplier Russia. Ongoing tensions over Ukraine and the threat of a potential conflict interrupting energy flows to Europe have overshadowed the continent’s gas market in …

Global gas markets are painting distinctly different pictures this week as supply uncertainty in Asia supports prices, but European markets are starting to see downside potential on the horizon. Mild weather in Europe and frigid forecasts for the US will drive price behavior in the coming days. Milder temperature forecasts …

Qatar, one of the world’s top natural gas exporters, will not be able to unilaterally replace Europe’s energy needs in case of a shortage due to the crisis between Russia and Ukraine, the emirate’s minister of state for energy said on Tuesday, February 1. “The volume of gas needed by …

Gas reserves in Europe nosedived to historically low levels this month. According to data by Gas Infrastructure Europe, consumption from storage facilities this January is one third more than the average for the previous five years. Experts have been raising concerns about the risk of full supply disruption to the …

Concerned about Europe’s energy vulnerability, the head of NATO said the continent needs to diversify its energy supplies on Sunday. Britain warned it was “highly likely” that Russia, a major natural gas supplier, wanted to invade Ukraine. Russia has massed some 120,000 troops near its neighbor and demanded the western …

The European Union could cope with a short term halt to all Russian gas imports but doing so would have “profound economic consequences” and require emergency measures to curb demand, according to analysis by the think tank Bruegel. Escalating tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine have raised concerns …

Oil and gas flows aren’t likely to be significantly impacted from the tensions building in Ukraine, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The bank’s base case is “no disruption,” Jeff Currie, Goldman’s global head of commodities research, said in a Bloomberg TV interview with Shery Ahn and Paul Allen. Sanctions …

Shell Plc will take key processing units offline, as part of major maintenance that’s due to start at Europe’s biggest oil refinery in the coming days. Work at Pernis in Rotterdam will include two so-called high-vacuum units, according to a person familiar with the plans. These produce feedstock for units …