Russian oil production may increase this year, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday, despite Western sanctions over Ukraine, while the country supports OPEC+ deal extension beyond 2022. He said production of oil and gas condensate is expected at between 520 million tonnes and 525 million tonnes in 2022 …
Read More »Europe Braces for more Cuts in Russian Oil and Gas Exports
Europe faces fresh disruption to energy supplies due to damage to a pipeline system bringing oil from Kazakhstan through Russia that was reported by the pipeline operator on Monday, adding to concerns over a plunge in gas supplies. CPC, which handles about 1% of global oil and whose largest shareholder …
Read More »Gazprom Says it can’t Guarantee Gas Pipeline will Work after Return of Equipment
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said on Wednesday it wouldn’t guarantee the resumption of gas shipments to Europe through its pipelines, despite recent political decisions in Canada allowing the return of key compression equipment from maintenance. Under pressure from European allies in the throes of an energy crisis, the Canadian government …
Read More »Oil up over Tight Supply and Growing Demand
Oil was up on Monday morning in Asia as the U.S. peak driving season sees higher demand. Brent oil futures gained 0.63% to $110.71 by 12:26 AM ET (4:26 AM GMT) and crude oil WTI futures jumped 0.54% to $110.88. “Oil prices are supported as gasoline markets remain tight amid …
Read More »No, LNG will not Derail Europe’s Climate Goals
In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many European countries have rushed to secure alternative gas supplies through the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals. This step has sparked some sharp reactions in the climate-change community. A number of observers have raised concerns that, by building new LNG …
Read More »Oil Down $1 on China Growth Worries, while EU Weighs Russian Crude Ban
Oil prices fell on Monday in holiday-sapped trade in Asia as concerns about weak economic growth in China, the world’s top oil importer, outweighed fears of potential supply stress from a looming European Union ban on Russian crude. Brent crude futures fell $1.13, or 1.1%, to $106.01 a barrel at …
Read More »Oil Up, but Remains in Narrow Range over Tight Supplies
Oil was up on Thursday morning in Asia but remained in a narrow range after supplies from Libya shook markets earlier in the week. Brent oil futures jumped 0.92% to $107.78 by 12:11 AM ET (4:11 AM GMT) and WTI futures rose 0.83% to $103.04. Markets are likely to become …
Read More »EU Countries Seek Solidarity Fix to Urgently Fill Gas Storage
European Union countries are wrangling over how to rapidly fill their gas storage ahead of next winter and share the burden of quickly buying large stocks at current sky-high prices. Europe is facing a race to build a buffer of stored gas ahead of winter, to help cope with potential …
Read More »Germany Activates Gas Emergency Plans, Fearing Russian Supply Cut
Europe’s largest economy braced for a cut-off of Russian gas supplies on Wednesday, activating the first phase of a national emergency plan. The move comes two days ahead of a deadline set by Russia for ‘unfriendly’ states to start paying for deliveries of Russian energy in rubles, rather than in …
Read More »Russia and West at Odds over Gas Payments in Roubles
Russia said on Monday it will not supply gas to Europe for free as it works out methods for accepting payments for its gas exports in roubles but G7 nations refused the demand. At a meeting of European Union leaders on Friday, no common position emerged on Russia’s demand last …
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