The European Union plans to expand its capacity to receive liquefied natural gas by almost a third by next year as it presses ahead with replacing pipeline supplies from Russia. The bloc will increase the number of LNG import terminals to 35 from 27, Maros Sefcovic, a vice president at …
Read More »UK Gas Exports to EU Disrupted due to Equipment Failure
An “equipment failure” has prompted the shutdown of a key UK-EU gas pipeline. Operator Interconnector Limited has confirmed that natural gas exports from the UK through Belgium to Europe have been halted due to equipment failure. The link runs from Bacton in the UK to Zeebrugge in Belgium and is …
Read More »EU Too Lax on Methane Venting from Coal Mines
Amendments to the EU’s draft methane regulation would allow coal mines to release additional greenhouse gases equivalent to the combined annual CO2 emissions of Belgium and Czechia, according to Ember, a clean energy think-tank. The analysis, published on Thursday (2 March), shows the latest revisions to the regulation will only …
Read More »EU Power Market Reform is about to Take a Delicate Step Forward
A year into an unprecedented energy crisis that rocked the European Union, officials in Brussels are ready to unveil their plan to prevent consumers from facing huge swings in electricity prices in the future. While some EU leaders pledged massive overhaul, what’s likely to emerge is anything but radical. Power …
Read More »EU Sanctions on Russia Create Opportunity for Emerging Producers
With EU bans on Russian oil and oil-product exports set to go into effect this year in response to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, emerging market producers are poised to gain larger shares of an evolving market. EU bans against Russian oil products such as diesel were rolled out earlier …
Read More »Egypt can’t Solve Europe’s LNG Problems Overnight
For years, Egypt has been performing a tough balancing act between the West and Russia, with Cairo casting itself as an actor that both parties can lean on. Egypt was the Soviet Union’s principal ally in the Middle East during the Cold War and remains an important partner today. Last …
Read More »EU Gas Price Cap Comes into Force
An EU regulation on a gas price cap has come into effect. Two months ago, EU energy ministers agreed on a European Council regulation that sets a market correction mechanism to protect households and businesses against excessively high prices. The measure, which is temporary and will apply for one year, …
Read More »EU Expects Egypt to Deliver High Volumes of LNG
The European Union expects Egypt to maintain “relatively high volumes” of liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries to Europe, EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said yesterday. Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of an energy conference in Egypt, Simson said: “Now we have to solve some of the bottleneck issues.” “We …
Read More »The EU Needs more Diesel, but the Middle East can’t Supply it all
Europe has raised its imports of fuels from the Middle East and the United States in preparation for the EU ban on seaborne imports of Russian refined petroleum products. Just ahead of the ban, Europe was still the biggest buyer of Russian diesel and it will have to boost imports …
Read More »EU Ambassadors Agree on Price Cap for Russian Oil Products
EU ambassadors agreed on a price cap Friday for Russian petroleum products, said the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU. “EU ambassadors today approved the price caps on petroleum products ahead of final adoption by the EU Council,” it wrote on Twitter. “Important agreement as part of the …
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