The Group of Seven (G7) and EU countries intend to ban the import of pipeline gas on routes where Moscow has previously cut supplies as part of the 11th package of sanctions against Russia. Azernews reports that the ‘Financial Times’ newspaper has published information about this with reference to the …
Read More »Putin Backtracks on G7 Price Cap for Russian Crude
President Vladimir Putin has backtracked on an earlier move that banned Russian companies from exporting crude oil in compliance with the G7 price cap of $60 per barrel. In a decree issued at the end of December, Putin prohibited Russian producers from exporting crude oil and refined products on terms …
Read More »G7 Vows to Step up Moves towards Renewable Energy
Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations have vowed to work to hasten the shift towards cleaner, renewable energy. But they set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants as they wrapped up two days of talks in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo. The …
Read More »G7 Nations Tussle over Bid to Phase out Coal Power by 2030
Group of Seven nations are butting heads over the timeline for phasing out coal-fired power ahead of next weekend’s summit of top energy and environmental ministers. Draft communique documents circulated before negotiations resume Tuesday and seen by Bloomberg News show the European Union, the US and Japan expressed reservations about …
Read More »G7: Russian Oil Price Cap is Meeting Objectives
The Russian oil price cap mechanism is still meeting its objectives, a G7 price cap coalition official told Reuters on Friday. Any Russian production cuts that may be forthcoming will disproportionately hurt developing countries, the G7 official added. Earlier on Friday, Russia announced a 500,000 bpd crude oil production cut—crude …
Read More »G7 Agrees to Review Level of Price Cap on Russian Oil in March
Group of Seven officials have agreed to review the level of the price cap on exports of Russian oil in March, later than originally planned in order to give time to assess the market after more caps are placed on oil products from Russia, the U.S. Treasury said on Friday. …
Read More »Russia Bans Oil Sales to Countries that are Using a Price Cap Including the EU, the G7 and Australia
From 1 February, Russia will completely ban the sale of oil to countries that have introduced a price cap on its exports. The $60 (€56) cap was agreed at the beginning of December by the EU, the G7 group of nations and Australia. On 27 December, Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Read More »Russia Says won’t Accept G-7, EU Oil Price Cap, Vows Retaliation
Russia has repeatedly said it will not supply oil to countries that implement the cap – a stance reaffirmed by Mikhail Ulyanov, Moscow’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, in posts on social media on Saturday. “Starting from this year Europe will live without Russian oil,” he said. The G-7 …
Read More »G7 Coalition Agrees $60 per Barrel Price Cap for Russian Oil
The Group of Seven (G7) nations and Australia on Friday said they had agreed a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil after European Union members overcame resistance from Poland and hammered out a political agreement earlier in the day. The EU agreed the price after holdout …
Read More »G7, Australia Join EU on Russian Oil Price Cap
G7 countries and Australia joined the EU on Friday in adopting a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian oil. A statement said the EU took a similar step earlier in the day and countries reached a consensus on a maximum price of $60 for seaborne Russian-origin crude oil. “With …
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