Oil

European countries that have concluded long-term contracts with the Russian Federation for the supply of gas now feel much calmer than those who focus on the spot market.

At the first stage, the Ministry of Trade will sell 100 thousand kiloliters (629 thousand barrels) of oil.

The transition to carbon-neutral energy sources caused a rise in prices for blue fuel and provoked disagreements among European countries, some of which are not ready to give up gas and oil, Italian La Stampa reports.

Gazprom is putting pressure on Germany and the European Commission to launch the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. This was announced by the Polish government's member Piotr Naimsky.

"Rosneft Bitumen" together with its official distributor "Synergy Oil Group" held a client seminar for road construction organisations and regional road administrations in Siberia and the Far East.

According to the Federation Council, the words of the new Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer that Vienna continues to support the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is the position of a sane person.

The European Union plans to change the strategy for concluding gas contracts and improve the EU's energy security, Bloomberg reported.

Austria continues to support the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and expects to launch it soon. This was announced on Tuesday, December 14, by the new Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.

The spot price of gas in Europe at the opening of exchange trading on Tuesday, December 14, increased by 5.3% and rose above $ 1,400 per 1,000 cubic meters. m for the first time since the beginning of October.

The head of the permanent delegation of Ukraine to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Yegor Chernev said that the United States does not refuse sanctions on Nord Stream 2.

The German newspaper Handelsblatt spoke about the possible impact of the agreements with the United States on cooperation between Berlin and Moscow.

Gas prices in Europe at the opening of trading are down by almost five percent, according to data from the ICE Futures exchange.

The French authorities have banned banks in the country from investing in the Russian Novatek project for the production of liquefied natural gas Arctic LNG-2 in Yamal.

Moldova in December will face the need to pay off its debt to Gazprom in the amount of $ 30-40 million, a solution must be sought now.

Gas and oil prices could reach new peaks this winter if cold winter forecasts come true.