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Natural Gas Becomes Germany’s Main Energy Source

In H1 2021, natural gas became Germany’s main source of energy for the 1st time ever, according to AGEB energy industry think tank. From January to June, German primary energy consumption gained 4.3% year-on-year, amounted to 6191 petajoules. Natural gas use increased by 15.6% year-on-year. The main reason for this …

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Russia Is Struggling to Boost Oil Production

According to these sources, Russia has been producing some 10.42 million bpd of crude oil and condensates since the start of the month, which is lower than May’s average of 10.45 million bpd. The reason for the decline could be related to difficulties with boosting production at older fields, other …

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Iraq Signs Deal to Drill 96 Oil Wells

Iraq has signed a contract to drill 96 oil wells in the West Qurna-1 oil field located in the southern province of Basra to raise the production, according to a statement by the Ministry of Oil. The state-run Basra Oil Company and the contractors for the West Qurna-1 oil field, …

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Turkish Stream Gas Flow to Halt for Annual Maintenance

Russia-to-Turkey natural gas pipeline Turkish Stream will temporarily halt gas flow on June 22-29 on its offshore lines for annual maintenance and routine diagnostics, the project company TurkStream, said today. The works will be carried out by South Stream Transport B.V., the operator of the offshore pipeline system. TurkStream consists …

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China About to Become Top LNG Importer This Year

China will this year overtake Japan as the world’s largest importer of liquefied natural gas, ICIS Edge, a service of market intelligence provider ICIS, said this week, as quoted by Reuters. China is already catching up with Japan in terms of LNG imports: • Japan imported 76.32 million tons of …

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