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By Rhod Mackenzie

There are no problematic issues in the negotiation process on the gas hub project in Turkey with the Russian side, at this stage Ankara is only studying the market, the parties are aiming at active work, a source in the Turkish energy sector involved in the development of the pro...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The EU reports a sharp fall in its dependence on Russian oil and gas, but the US share of its imports has risen sharply. How does this threaten Europe?

Eurostat reports that by the end of June 2023, dependence on oil from Russia will have fallen from 29.2 per cent to 2.3 per ce...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Chinese state-owned company Sinopec will be holding a tender to buy large volumes of LNG on the spot market. Analysts fear that the already high prices will return to last year's levels and that previously European bound cargoes will start to flow to Asia.

Chinese companie...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The low demand for gas in Europe is evidence of the malaise of the European economy. This malaise is particularly noticeable in Germany, whose economy is in a very difficult situation after its rejection of Russian pipeline gas supplies.
Along with record gas prices last year, t...

By Ksenia Loginova

Baku has increased gas supplies to Hungary. By the end of the year, it is planned to pump 100 million cubic meters of blue fuel into the European country. In addition, Budapest wants to purchase 50 million cubic meters of gas for gas storage facilities. Against the backdrop of a...

By Vladimir Dobrynin

Germany, which loudly promised to completely abandon its purchases of Russian gas, in fact continues to buy it, and in noticeablely large quantities . The evidence of its purchases is clear in an number of studies. The European Union is being helped to cover this up by two c...