Fuel and energy

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.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko recalled the dependence of Lithuania and Ukraine on Belarusian transit.

During the day, the price increased by about $200, the last time it rose to this level was in early October of this year.

Ukraine has additional transit capacities, but Gazprom does not want to use them, Kiev said.

"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.

The US Senate will consider a bill on sanctions against Nord Stream 2 by 14 January next year.

The company decided to order 14% less than the usual volume — 27 million cubic meters per day against the usual 31.4 million.

Gas storage capacity in Germany has fallen below 60 percent.

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 project has been completed and «now it needs to be used», Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said.

The politician noted that he considers such a reaction as an extreme measure.