Russia reduced natural gas to Europe again on Friday, including cutting flows by half to Italy and Slovakia and completely to France, as countries have worked to ease their dependence on Russian supplies amid the war in Ukraine. It marks the third day of significant reductions to the fuel that …
Read More »Germany Pumps €10bn into Gazprom Germania
Gazprom Germania will be handed a loan of up to €10 billion (£8.6bn), the German Government has confirmed. Officials have said that the aim is to place the firm into a long-term administration regime. It is reported that the loan will help the company avoid insolvency. In the statement, the …
Read More »Ukraine Suggests Solution to EU Gas Crisis
Ukrainian gas transmission system operator GTS said on Wednesday it was ready to increase the volume of gas transit through the Sudzha entry point to supply the EU. This comes as the continent faces cuts to Russian gas-supply via the Nord Stream pipeline. “In order to help prepare European countries …
Read More »Gazprom Announces 15% Gas Cut to Italy
Russian giant Gazprom will cut its gas supplies to Italy by 15% due to the back-and-forth between Russia and Europe over energy supplies, the company said on Wednesday. Following the decision to cut by 40% the volume of gas supplies to Germany along the Nord Stream pipeline on 14 June, …
Read More »Russia Gas Sanctions could Cost Germany Extra $5.4B a Year
Russia’s sanctions against Gazprom Germania and its subsidiaries could cost German taxpayers and gas users an extra $5.4 billion (5 billion euros) a year to pay for replacement gas. The estimated cost was reported by German Welt am Sonntag weekly on Sunday, citing industry representatives. In May, Russia decided to …
Read More »Gazprom Resumes Gas Flows to Turkey via Blue Stream
Russia’s Gazprom has resumed shipping natural gas to Turkey after completing planned maintenance on the undersea Blue Stream gas pipeline, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.
Read More »Russia’s Gazprom Continues Shipping Gas to Europe via Ukraine
Russian gas producer Gazprom said on Sunday its supply of gas to Europe through Ukraine via the Sudzha entry point stood at 44.1 million cubic metres (mcm), up from 43.96 mcm on Saturday. An application to supply gas via another major entry point, Sokhranovka, was rejected by Ukraine, Gazprom said.
Read More »Poland Says Norway should Share its Gigantic Oil & Gas Profits
Norway, western Europe’s largest oil and gas producer, should share the huge profits it has made from oil and gas exports since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland’s prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki said this weekend. “They should share these excess profits. It’s not normal, it’s unjust. This is an indirect …
Read More »Italy’s Eni Starts Procedures to Pay for Russian Gas in Euros and Roubles
Italian energy giant Eni has started procedures to open accounts in euros and roubles with private Russian bank Gazprombank, the company announced on Tuesday. In April, Moscow said it would only continue gas exports in exchange for roubles in response to the West’s sanctions. The European Commission issued then the …
Read More »Gazprom did not Reserve Gas Transit Capacity for June via Slovakia, Poland
Gazprom decided not to renew its capacity share via the Yamal gas pipeline that runs through Poland nor the capacity transit via Slovakia for June, Czech press agency ČTK reported based on their findings of the results of an energy auction. Gazprom announced last week that it would not transport …
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