The U.S. Administration is in talks with energy companies and major gas-producing countries globally about the potential for a large supply of natural gas to Europe in case Russian deliveries are interrupted if Russia invades Ukraine, U.S. officials with knowledge of the talks told CNN. Russia, which supplies over one-third …
Read More »EU Signals It’s on an Energy-Buying Spree
The European Union is in talks with its trading partners in search of viable options to increase supplies of natural gas to its member states, according to the bloc’s Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson. “The gas storage levels in the EU are significantly lower than usual at this time of the …
Read More »Europe’s Nuclear Plants Need $568B Investment by 2050′
The European Union will need to invest 500 billion euros ($568 billion) in new generation nuclear power stations from now until 2050, the bloc’s internal market commissioner said in an interview published over the weekend. “Existing nuclear plants alone will need 50 billion euros of investment from now until 2030. …
Read More »Gazprom’s Gas Supply to Europe in January Drops to 2015 Low
Gazprom’s gas deliveries to Europe dropped by 41.1 percent in the first fifteen days of January compared to the same period last year, the Russian gas giant said on Monday, in what Bloomberg estimates was the lowest daily export level since 2015. Gazprom’s natural gas exports to countries other than …
Read More »Europe’s Nuclear Plants Need $568B Investment by 2050
The European Union will need to invest 500 billion euros ($568 billion) in new generation nuclear power stations from now until 2050, the bloc’s internal market commissioner said in an interview published over the weekend. “Existing nuclear plants alone will need 50 billion euros of investment from now until 2030. …
Read More »Europe’s Industry Cuts Gas Use by the most since the Early Pandemic Days
Natural gas demand among European industries has dropped by the most since the early days of the pandemic, with soaring prices prompting widespread output cuts and factory shutdowns. Fourth-quarter industrial gas use in northern Europe fell by almost 5% from a year earlier, the biggest decline since the second quarter …
Read More »Gazprom Misses Its 2021 Target for Gas Exports to Europe
Russian gas company Gazprom missed its own “conservative” target for 2021 exports to Europe, and those capped flows contributed to the continent’s worst energy supply crunch in decades. Gazprom delivered 185.1 billion cubic metres to its main clients abroad, including Turkey, China and the EU, excluding former Soviet Union nations …
Read More »Soaring Natural Gas Prices are Weighing on Global Aluminum Production
Rising power costs in Europe, almost wholly down to the cost of natural gas, resulted in reduced output at Europe’s largest aluminum smelter, Aluminium Dunkerque Industries France. Losses there ballooned to €20 million ($22 million) during November, as natural gas prices quadrupled this year. Most aluminum smelters operate on long-term …
Read More »European NatGas down as USA LNG Cargoes Head to Region
European gas prices slumped for a sixth day, the longest losing streak in more than a year, as cargoes of the liquefied fuel head to the continent just as industrial shutdowns and warm weather curb demand. Futures fell as much as 9.7% on Wednesday as a flotilla of U.S. LNG …
Read More »Gazprom has not Booked Pumping via Yamal-Europe for Ten Days amid Lack of Orders
Reverse gas supplies via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline from Germany to Poland have continued for ten days amid the lack of booking of capacities to pump gas directly to Germany by Gazprom due to the lack of purchase orders from European clients, according to the information provided by the gas …
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