Oil

Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin called the US decision not to impose sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG, which doubles gas supplies from Russia to Germany and the EU through the Baltic Sea, bypassing Ukraine, as a blow in the stomach.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called on the House of Representatives and the Senate of the US Congress to use all legal tools to irreversibly stop the construction of the gas pipeline within the framework of the Nord Stream 2 project.

A member of the German Bundestag Defense Committee, Alexander Noy, told RIA Novosti that the United States recognized the impossibility of stopping the construction of Nord Stream 2.

Two new fields were commissioned at the Urengoyskoye oil and gas condensate field in January and April 2021.

According to the newspaper Politico, the US State Department intends to add four more vessels participating in the construction of Nord Stream 2 to the sanctions list.

According to the President of the Russian Gas Society, the prospects for economic and energy cooperation between Russia and Germany in the framework of the energy transition will largely depend on how the fate of Nord Stream 2 develops.

According to Peter Altmeier, the question of whether Nord Stream will be completed is likely to be resolved in the next 12 months.

According to the German Consul, the construction of the Nord Stream 2 (SP-2) gas pipeline has been almost completely completed.

US President will closely monitor the situation with fuel supplies in regions of the country where there are disruptions against the background of a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline pipeline, and urges the population not to stock up on fuel for future use.

The hacker attack on the pipeline of the American company Colonial Pipeline and the possible consequences provoked a panic demand for gasoline in the United States.

In the United States, after a cyberattack on a fuel pipeline, a regional emergency mode was introduced.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree changing the order of exchange trading in fuel. This was done to stabilize prices for gasoline and motor fuel.

The suit of German environmentalists (Nabu organization) suspends the permit of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, but work may resume at the end of May.

The Ministry of Energy proposed to ban the export of gasoline from Russia for three months.

Three negotiated deals were held, during which 3.3% of the shares were sold for $22 million.