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Ukraine hopes to make €1.5 billion from electricity exports to the European Union by the end of the year and earn to more in the future after obtaining the right to export its energy there, a Ukrainian energy ministry adviser said on Wednesday (8 June). Former Soviet Ukraine’s electricity grid …

Russian gas producer Gazprom said on Sunday its supply of gas to Europe through Ukraine via the Sudzha entry point stood at 44.1 million cubic metres (mcm), up from 43.96 mcm on Saturday. An application to supply gas via another major entry point, Sokhranovka, was rejected by Ukraine, Gazprom said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin reported to Austria on Friday that Russia would meet its natural gas delivery commitments and was ready to negotiate a prisoner swap with Ukraine, according to Reuters. President Putin told Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer over the phone that all gas deliveries would be completed in full. …

Qatar is striving for a diversified set of customers for its natural gas, the Gulf state’s energy minister told German daily Handelsblatt, potentially posing a limit to Germany’s purchasing ambitions to cut its dependency on Russian energy. “Just like buyers want to diversify their supplier base, we are keen to …

Ukraine’s IT sector is booming despite the Russian invasion. Workers with stickers on their laptops recline on beach chairs outside a warehouse for start-ups in the west Ukraine city of Lviv giving off major Silicon Valley vibes. But the atmosphere inside is different. Through the glass doors of the complex, …

Reuters reports that Ukraine will suspend the flow of gas through a transit point which it said delivers almost a third of the fuel piped from Russia to Europe through Ukraine, blaming Moscow for the move and saying it would move the flows elsewhere. Ukraine has remained a major transit …

Oil prices rose nearly 1.5 per cent on Friday, posting a second straight weekly increase as impending European Union sanctions on Russian oil raised the prospect of tighter supply and had traders shrugging off worries about global economic growth. Brent futures, the global benchmark, rose $1.49, or 1.3 per cent, …

LNG has the highest orderbook-to-fleet ratio of any shipping segment, and yet there’s plenty of analysts suggesting there’s room for far more newbuilds to be contracted soon with 2022 on course to break new records in terms of contracting with added impetus sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Data from …

Despite sanctions, Russia has almost doubled its revenues coming from fossil fuel exports since the 24th of February which marked the start of a grim new chapter in history, the war in Ukraine. That’s according to research by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) which suggests …

Oil prices rose on Monday as concerns grew about tighter global supply, with the deepening crisis in Ukraine raising the prospect of heavier sanctions by the West on top exporter Russia. Brent futures were up US$1.50, or 1.3 per cent, at US$113.20 a barrel at 12.30am GMT, and US West …