Natural gas deliveries to Ukraine from European Union countries fell 28.3% to 1.836 billion cubic meters in 2022 from 2.562 bcm in 2021, Ukrainian media reported, citing data published by Ukraine’s Gas Transmission System Operator (GTSOU). This included 735.9 mcm delivered to underground storage facilities at the “customs warehouse” in …
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, Turkey, Azerbaijan Intend to Jointly Develop Turkmen Gas Exports
Turkmenistan, Turkey, and Azerbaijan plan to set up a working group to cooperate in shipping Turkmen natural gas, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a joint press conference with his Turkmen and Azerbaijani counterparts in the city of Avaza, where the three countries had a summit. “We are willing …
Read More »Gazprom could Supply up to 1 bcm of Gas to Azerbaijan this Winter
Gazprom could supply up to one billion cubic meters of gas to Azerbaijan this winter, the Russian state-owned company said in a statement. “Deliveries of Russian gas to Azerbaijan began on November 15 as per the new gas sale-and purchase-agreement. Gazprom Export LLC and the State Oil Company of the …
Read More »Russia Becomes Second Largest Gas Supplier to China, Surpassing Australia
Russia in July took over second place in terms of natural gas supplies to China, regarding total gas supplies in pipeline and liquefied form, surpassing Australia, and consolidated its position in August, China’s customs service said. Turkmenistan has been the largest supplier of gas to China since the beginning of …
Read More »Russia Ready to Cooperate with IAEA in Provision of Zaporizhzhya NPP Security
Russia is ready to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the provision of the security of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, and permanent work of the IAEA mission at that site is important, head of the Russian Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation Alexei Likhachev told Interfax on …
Read More »IAEA Mission to Visit Zaporizhzhya NPP this
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission will visit the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant this week, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said. “Proud to lead this mission which will be in the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant later this week,” Grossi said on a social network. He said the mission, which …
Read More »Turkey Expects Imports of Russian Oil and Fat Products to Stay High in 2022
Representatives of Turkish companies that purchase oil and fat products in Russia expect supplies of such products to remain at a high level this year, the Russian Agriculture Ministry’s Agroexport Center said. “Representatives of Turkish companies, most of which already work with Russia, are confident that the quantity of supplies …
Read More »Lukoil, Gazprom Ranked among World’s Five Strongest Oil and Gas Brands
Lukoil ranked second with a brand strength score of 87.4 out of 100, while Gazprom was fifth with 85.9. Malaysia’s Petronas ranked first with 87.7, and the other companies in the top five were Brazil’s Petrobras and Thailand’s PTT. The relative strength of brands is determined through a balanced scorecard …
Read More »Rosatom, IAEA Heads Meet in Istanbul to Discuss Safety at Ukrainian Nuclear Facilities
The general director of the state corporation Rosatom, Alexei Likhachyov, and his counterpart from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, met in Istanbul on Wednesday to discuss in detail, among other things, the safety at Ukraine’s nuclear power plants (NPPs), Rosatom stated. The pair paid special attention to …
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