Russian natural gas deliveries to Germany through the Yamal-Europe pipeline dropped sharply on Saturday, data from German network operator Gascade showed, adding pressure to an already tight European gas market as it heads into peak winter demand. It was not immediately clear why flows were down through the pipeline, one …
Read More »Europe’s Gas Prices Plunge as Russia Signals more Supply is Coming
The European natural gas benchmark prices tumbled by 15% early on Friday after Russia’s gas giant Gazprom booked last-minute capacity on a pipeline to ship extra gas to Germany via Poland in the coming days. The benchmark price for Europe at the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) has seen some …
Read More »Almost all of Russia’s Oil could become “Hard-to-Recover” in the Coming Years
Russia does not appear to be backing down from its oil and gas commitments, with speculation over new partnerships with India, as well as plans to up its crude output from January, its fossil fuel industry is going from strength to strength. Russia and India signed several energy cooperation agreements …
Read More »Russia Puts the Blame on Europe as Energy Crisis Worsens
The European Union (EU) is reportedly reconsidering its position on extending long-term natural gas contracts beyond 2049 as part of reforms in its natural gas market to meet the net-zero by 2050 goal. Should the European Commission’s proposal be endorsed by EU heads of state and government this week, putting …
Read More »Germany Warns Nord Stream won’t Operate if Russia-Ukraine Tensions Escalate
Germany has said the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia will not be allowed to operate in the event of any new “escalation” in Ukraine, under an agreement between Berlin and Washington. “In the event of further escalation this gas pipeline could not come into service,” Germany’s new Foreign …
Read More »Russia Covers 40% of Greece’s Demand for Natural Gas
Russia covers over 40% of Greece’s demand for natural gas and has even increased gas supplies recently, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an English-language interview with Greece’s Antenna TV channel. “Do you know how many percent of Greece’s demand for natural gas is being covered by Russia?” Peskov said, …
Read More »US Eyes NordStream Pipeline as Russian Pressure Point over Ukraine
In the showdown over Russia’s implicit threat to invade Ukraine, the United States and European allies are eyeing what they see is a major vulnerability for Moscow — the just-completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline to carry natural gas to Europe. US officials made clear Tuesday after President Joe Biden’s two-hour …
Read More »Russia Prepares for a Post-Fossil Fuel Future in Arctic
When news first broke a few years ago that Russia’s state nuclear energy company was working on a floating nuclear power plant, some took it as a joke. Others mocked it as the worst idea ever. But it turns out it wasn’t such an outlandish idea after all. The Akademik …
Read More »Naftogaz CEO: Certifying Only the Nord Stream 2 Last Mile is a Mockery of EU Rules
The Ukrainian position is that since Nord Stream 2 is not compliant with EU rules, it should not be certified, the CEO of Ukraine’s gas and oil state company Naftogaz Yuriy Vitrenko told a conference in Brussels on Wednesday (1 December) organised by EURACTIV Bulgaria. The conference, titled “Nord Stream …
Read More »Russia Becomes World’s Biggest Oil Producer in September
Russia became the world’s largest oil producer in terms of volumes, outpacing the US in September 2021, the state statistics service Rosstat reported on Wednesday. In particular, Moscow produced 10.45 mln barrels of oil per day in July compared to 11.31 mln barrels per day produced by the US in …
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