Russian energy giant Gazprom has begun delivering natural gas to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina through the TurkStream pipeline and a new route crossing Turkey and Bulgaria. Gazprom said on the first day of 2021 that gas from Russia was transmitted by the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline and further across …
Read More »Russia Looks to Become Leader in Hydrogen Tech
Russia’s vast natural gas reserves and renewables potential could make it one of the world’s largest hydrogen producers within the next decades. Russia’s mineral and energy wealth has given it a second chance in global affairs after the Cold War and the implosion of the Soviet Union. Oil and gas …
Read More »Russia Restarts Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Construction despite U.S. Sanctions
Russia has resumed construction of the politically-charged Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, laying pipes after a one-year hiatus prompted by U.S. sanctions, the pipeline operator said on Friday. The pipeline, which Washington says compromises European energy security, has become a flashpoint in relations between Russia and the West …
Read More »US Seeks ‘Moratorium’ on Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
US has continued to put pressure on Germany and the EU to halt construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline linking Russia to Europe, which Washington sees as a “political tool” of the Kremlin, a top envoy said. “Now is the time for Germany and the EU to impose …
Read More »Gazprom to Resume Nord Stream 2 Pipe-Laying before Year-End
Gas giant Gazprom has decided to resume pipe-laying work before the end of 2020 on a 2.6-km part of the stalled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. According to a Reuters article, Nord Stream 2 AG, a subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom and operator of the Nord Stream …
Read More »The Energy Project Trump can’t Stop Seeks Ways to Finish the Job
Russia can probably get around the latest U.S. sanctions against Nord Stream 2 and complete the pipeline, industry executives and analysts of the controversial project say. Gazprom PJSC, which owns the project to boost natural gas flows from Russia into Germany, says it’s drawing up alternatives to complete work that …
Read More »Gazprom Obtains Record-High Gas Inflow on Kara Sea Shelf
Another set of tests has been performed in the upper levels of the exploration well at the Leningradskoye field of the Yamal gas production center. Earlier, the well helped discover a new deposit in the lower levels. In the course of the exploration activities, commercial gas inflow of over 1 …
Read More »China Boosts Daily Gas Intake from Gazprom by 20%
China appetite for Russian gas is surging, with daily supplies from the Power of Siberia pipeline exceeding its contractual volumes by 20%, Kallanish Energy reports. Russian gas giant Gazprom said in a note on Monday that it continues increasing its gas supplies to China via the pipeline, with volumes from …
Read More »Gazprom Discovers New Gas Deposit Discovered on Yamal Shelf
A new gas deposit was discovered at the Leningradskoye field of the Yamal gas production centre, Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has said. As a result of drilling and testing of an exploratory well, commercial gas inflow was obtained with a flow rate of about 600,000 cubic metres per day, Gazprom …
Read More »Gazprom Sees European Gas Glut in 2021, Blames U.S. LNG
Russian gas giant Gazprom expects excess supplies in Europe’s natural gas market to continue in 2021, the head of the company’s exporting arm said on Monday, blaming exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States. Gazprom has seen its share of the European gas market, where it makes …
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