Fuel and energy

Russia has temporarily halted the delivery of gas to Europe via the Nord Stream 1

The trans-Baltic pipeline, which delivers tens of billions of cubic meters of natural gas from Russia to Germany each year, was shut down for three days early Wednesday morning for scheduled maintenance works 

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Andrei Spinu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of the Republic of Moldova, took place today via a video call.

Crude prices jumped 4% Monday for their biggest percentage gain in a day since mid-July as civil strife in Libya threatened oil production from a nation that counts as seventh most important in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Oil buyers in Asia and the Middle East are helping Russia shrug off the partial Western crude ban

Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) that operates the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has relaunched the third reactor of the facility after a small delay caused by a leak of radioactive water, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday.

Europe may face significant challenges in meeting energy demand for several winters to come, warns Shell

European gas prices have declined as gas storages across the region are filling up faster than expected ahead of winter

Natural gas prices in Europe surged to nearly $3,500 per thousand cubic meters on Friday

India’s largest gas distributor GAIL has begun talks with Russian energy giant Gazprom to resume LNG imports halted by Western curbs on transactions with Russia, media reported Friday.

A gas cartel could soon be launched by Russia and Iran that would be as powerful as OPEC, according to OilPrice

Poland's refusal to supply oil to a refinery site in the German town of Schwedt has once again shown that Warsaw pursues only its own interests and that "oaths of European solidarity" are forgotten

The price of electricity in France has reached nearly €650 per megawatt-hour, Nord Pool data shows

Germany's natural gas storage facilities are over 80% full, the Federal Network Agency reports

Chinese imports of Russian energy jumped 75% year on year, Bloomberg reports, citing customs figures