Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have signed a new deal under which the Russian gas giant will deliver natural gas to China via the Far Eastern route, Gazprom said on Friday as China and Russia are strengthening their energy cooperation. Gazprom and CNPC signed a long-term Sales and …
Read More »Ukraine at the Crossroads of a European Energy Crisis
Ukraine, likely named after the Slavic word for “borderland,” has long been a crossroads for peoples, civilisations, trade — and military invasions. As Russia amasses its troops at the Russia-Ukraine border, energy is the latest resource to become weaponised. Russia supplies about 40 per cent of the European Union’s natural …
Read More »Putin Unveils New Gas Deal with China’s Xi as Moscow Locks Horns with the West
President Vladimir Putin unveiled a new Russian gas deal with China at a meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, promising to increase Moscow’s far east exports at a time when Putin is at odds with European customers over Ukraine. Russia, already Beijing’s No. 3 gas supplier, has …
Read More »Europe Faces Harsh Reality of Finding Russian Gas Irreplaceable
Energy-rich countries from Qatar to Azerbaijan have all pledged emergency gas supplies to Europe, but the region is quickly figuring out it can’t replace top supplier Russia. Ongoing tensions over Ukraine and the threat of a potential conflict interrupting energy flows to Europe have overshadowed the continent’s gas market in …
Read More »Russian Gas Flows again from Poland to Germany via Yamal Pipeline
Gas flows from Poland to Germany via the Russian Yamal-Europe pipeline resumed on Wednesday morning after it had been switched in a reverse mode in December, data from German network operator Gascade showed. Westbound gas flows were expected to resume after Gazprom booked transit capacity on Tuesday, restoring the normal …
Read More »Nord Stream 2: Russia-Germany Gas Pipeline Becomes a Geopolitical Lever
The crisis surrounding Ukraine has been a harsh reminder to Europeans of just how dependent they are on Russian energy supplies. While the European Union weighs its options for a united and robust response to Russia if Vladimir Putin decides to invade Ukraine, the bloc is feeling a new sense …
Read More »Report Says Russian Gas Supply Halt would Deal EU Economic Hit
The European Union could cope with a short term halt to all Russian gas imports but doing so would have “profound economic consequences” and require emergency measures to curb demand, according to analysis by the think tank Bruegel. Escalating tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine have raised concerns …
Read More »The U.S. is Preparing European Gas Markets for a Russian Invasion
The U.S. Administration is in talks with energy companies and major gas-producing countries globally about the potential for a large supply of natural gas to Europe in case Russian deliveries are interrupted if Russia invades Ukraine, U.S. officials with knowledge of the talks told CNN. Russia, which supplies over one-third …
Read More »Russia-China Gas Supply Deals Reach High Degree of Readiness
The Russian-Chinese talks on supplies of gas from Russia’s Far East to China have reached a “high degree of readiness,” Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov said at a news conference on Tuesday. He said that the project to deliver Russian natural gas to China via Mongolia was not the …
Read More »Russia’s Oil Output could Peak in 2023
Russia, the world’s third-largest oil producer, has long been an unknown when it comes to the OPEC+ production agreement which caps the petroleum output of participants to support higher prices. It was Moscow’s spat with Saudi Arabia over production quotas in early 2020 which, combined with the emergence of the …
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