Oil

The US and its allies are working on a contingency plan if Russian gas supplies are cut off.

The company's management explained this step by the deteriorating human rights situation in the country, where a military coup took place in February 2021.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock, who previously opposed the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, acknowledged her interest in gas from the Russian Federation.

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Bundestag deputy from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Ralf Stegner said that there were no obstacles left to launch the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

The Polish energy concern Orlen has signed a long-term contract with the world's largest oil concern Saudi Aramco for the supply of oil.

At a meeting of the Moldovan emergency commission on the situation on the gas market, it was decided to apply to Gazprom with a request to postpone the advance payment for January.

Bundestag deputy from the Alternative for Germany party Stefan Kotrets said that US attempts to sabotage the launch of Nord Stream 2 violate international law.

Bundestag deputy from the Alternative for Germany party Steffen Kotrets on Tuesday, January 11, expressed hope that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be put into operation in 2022.

Senate Democrats likely to vote against Republican Ted Cruise's proposed Nord Stream 2 sanctions bill next week.

Bundestag member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Jurgen Hardt said that there are serious disagreements in the German government over the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Reverse deliveries from Germany to Poland via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline decreased by more than five times.

European countries may remain without gas after two months of frost due to low reserves of blue fuel in storage at the moment. Bloomberg writes about this on Wednesday, January 5.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will not discuss Nord Stream 2 during his visit to Ukraine.

Pumping of Russian gas through Ukraine to Slovakia declines for the third day in a row.