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The China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline, the pipeline with the largest single-line gas transmission capacity in China, has been fully connected, the pipeline’s operator announced Monday. The pipeline has also achieved full capacity operation with an annual transmission volume of 38 billion cubic meters, according to China Oil & Gas …

Russia remained the largest crude supplier to India in November, accounting for 38% of India’s total crude oil imports. However, imports from the country registered a marginal decline of 4% to 1.60 million barrels per day, against 1.67 million barrels per day in October, data from Vortexa showed. The country …

Czechia will not seek an extension of its exemption from the EU ban on imports of Russian oil products, the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade has confirmed, following an earlier report by Reuters. The exemption, granted as part of EU sanctions against Russia for its aggression in Ukraine, expires …

The agreement on all-encompassing partnership between Russia and Iran will cover the defense and security sphere, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said. “Concerning the contents of the mentioned founding document, I would elect not to disclose details earlier. I would only note it will meet challenges and requirements of …

The Czech Republic will phase out Russian oil imports by July 2025, Deputy chairman of the statement pipeline company MERO suggested on Friday. The move is part of the country’s energy diversification journey, although it hinges on the completion of a $60 million upgrade to the Trans Alpine (TAL) pipeline. …

Russian natural gas flows to Europe via Ukraine have remained stable this week despite the fact that Gazprom cut off supply to Austria’s OMV over the weekend. Gazprom is sending 42.4 million cubic meters of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Thursday, Reuters quoted the Russian gas giant as saying. …

Requests from customers in Austria and Slovakia for Russian natural gas supply via Ukraine rose by 6% on Tuesday compared to Monday, even as Gazprom cut off supply to Austrian energy group OMV this weekend amid a contractual dispute. Nominations from companies in Austria and Slovakia were still 12% below …

Austria appears to be still receiving some Russian gas two days after the country’s integrated energy company, OMV, declared it would stop paying Gazprom to offset a 230 million-euro ($242 million) arbitration award by the International Chamber of Commerce over a previous gas cut-off. According to Reuters, gas flows from …

France is importing record volumes of Russian LNG even as overall LNG purchases are falling, ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg showed on Monday, highlighting Europe’s growing imports of Russian LNG. So far this year, France has already imported more LNG from Russia’s Yamal export plant than in any other full …

The Austrian chancellor said on Friday that Russia’s Gazprom will stop gas supply to Austria from Saturday. “What we have been preparing for since the outbreak of war in Ukraine has happened. I was informed this afternoon that Gazprom will stop deliveries to (Austrian gas company) OMV tomorrow morning,” Karl …