The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will trigger demand spike for Azerbaijani crude from the European countries, Philipp Lausberg, Policy Analyst in the Europe’s Political Economy program at the European Policy Centre (EPC) told Trend. “The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will increase European demand for oil from other countries. …
Read More »EU Restrictions on Import of Russian Oil to Trigger Demand Spike for Azerbaijani Crude
The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will trigger demand spike for Azerbaijani crude from the European countries, Philipp Lausberg, Policy Analyst in the Europe’s Political Economy program at the European Policy Centre (EPC) told Trend. “The EU’s embargo on Russian oil will increase European demand for oil from other countries. …
Read More »Russia Threatens to Reduce Oil Production by 700,000 Barrels in 2023
Russia may reduce its oil output by 500,000-700,000 bpd in early 2023 in response to the G-7 price cap on the nation’s crude exports, according to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. “We are ready to partially cut our production early next year,” he said in an interview with Rossiya-24 TV …
Read More »New EU Rule could Transform Global Metal Manufacturing
Global metal manufacturing is already set to change in 2023. Indeed, the European Council and European Parliament recently reached a provisional agreement over the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). This would impose new tariffs on materials from carbon-intensive industries imported into the 27-member bloc. According to members of the Committee …
Read More »EU Gas Price Cap could Tighten LNG Supplies into Europe as Asia Reassesses Favorable Markets
The EU’s Eur180/MWh gas price cap would not impact Asian LNG trade flow in the near term but could tighten supplies to Europe in 2023 as some Asian suppliers might opt to sell to other markets, market sources told S&P Global Commodity Insights Dec. 20. The EU’s energy ministers agreed …
Read More »Switzerland Follows EU in Joining Price Cap on Russian Oil
Switzerland has decided to join the measures adopted by the European Union to impose a price cap on Russian oil, the country’s government announced on its website on Friday. The “EU agreed on December 3 to apply new sanctions relating to a price cap on Russian crude oil and petroleum …
Read More »Turkmenistan Targets the European Gas Market
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Europe has announced its intent to diversify its gas supplies away from Russia. Sensing an opportunity, Turkey is angling to become a natural gas hub and alternative supply route to the European Union from resource-rich countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia. During a trilateral summit …
Read More »EU Attempts to Break the Deadlock over a Natural Gas Price Cap
The energy ministers of the 27 European Union member states are holding an emergency meeting in Brussels on Tuesday to try to reach an agreement over capping the price of natural gas to shield customers and businesses from spikes in prices. Early on Tuesday before the meeting, the EU was …
Read More »European Countries Try to Weaken EU Clampdown on Methane Emissions
Some European Union countries are trying to weaken the bloc’s planned law to cut methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, documents show, weeks after the EU pledged at the COP27 climate conference to do more to tackle the potent greenhouse gas. Methane is the second biggest cause of …
Read More »EU 12 Member States Criticize Latest Proposal on Gas Ceiling
A dozen countries, including Belgium, Italy, Poland and Slovenia, have made efforts to “significantly” lower the European Union’s planned gas price cap amid the bloc’s attempts to reach an agreement on the issue, Reuters reports. Gas prices in Europe have risen sharply this year after Russia cut gas supplies, leading …
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