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Germany halted imports of Russian oil via pipeline on January 1, following through on a previous pledge to stop buying Russian pipeline crude despite the fact that the EU embargo exempts pipeline flows from Russia to Europe. The EU embargo on imports of Russian crude oil by sea came into …

From the moment Russian gas exports to Germany were first disrupted in June, German firm Kelheim Fibers began casting around for alternative options to keep its engines running. As a result, the Bavarian-based firm, whose fibres are used in anything from teabags to tampons, will be able to use heating …

Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has seen the share of Russian gas in its gas mix drop to some 20% this year from 55% last year, per data from energy lobby group BDEW cited by Bloomberg on Tuesday. Russia started gradually cutting gas supply via the Nord Stream pipeline to Germany …

Russia’s Transneft has received requests for oil for 2023 from Poland and Germany, the state oil pipeline monopoly’s head told Rossiya-24 TV station, according to TASS news agency. The EU has pledged to stop buying Russian oil via maritime routes from December 5, with Western nations also imposing price caps …

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other ministers inaugurated on Saturday morning (17 December) the country’s first liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal in Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany, a project expected to supply around 6% of the country’s energy demand. At the inauguration, Scholz stated that the rapid completion of the plant …

Germany’s first liquefied natural gas terminal arrived on the country’s north coast, the first of several specialist tankers Berlin is counting on to ease its energy crisis. The Hoegh Esperanza, a floating storage and regasification unit, or FSRU, moored at Wilhelmshaven Thursday, ahead of an opening ceremony Saturday to be …

Germany’s plans to start imports of liquefied natural gas this month are at risk of being derailed by the weather. Strong wind, freezing temperatures, high waves — or a combination — have already interrupted some works on its first terminals, and could delay some of the projects due to launch …

Germany has formally decided to abandon an international energy accord that fossil fuel companies had used to oppose measures against climate change, the country’s energy minister said Wednesday, AP reported. The move follows similar decisions by Italy, France, Spain, and other European countries to leave the 1998 Energy Charter Treaty, …

While Germany’s gas reserves are currently almost full, there is also no gas supply coming through its main supply pipelines, which originate in Russia. According to energy analyst Thomas O’Donnell, this is a major problem for German industry and private consumers. He casts doubt on claims by the German government …

Qatar has agreed to supply Germany with liquefied natural gas under a long-term deal as the latter continues to seek alternatives to Russian pipeline gas supply. State-owned QatarEnergy signed deals with ConocoPhillips that will see deliveries of about 2m tons of LNG annually to Germany over 15 years, starting in …