Fuel and energy

The Danish energy company Ørsted refused to make payments to Gazprom in rubles, Reuters reports with reference to the head of the enterprise, Thomas Thune.

The European Union, as part of anti-Russian sanctions, has banned the sale, supply, transfer or export to Russia of equipment for oil refining and liquefaction of natural gas (LNG).

Germany can achieve one hundred percent fullness of storage facilities only at the expense of Russian gas.

MEPs by a majority vote adopted a resolution calling on the European Union to impose an embargo on the supply of Russian gas, oil, coal and nuclear fuel.

The British energy security strategy provides for the expansion of the use of nuclear energy.

The incident occurred at the Devonport base, located in the city of Plymouth in the southwestern part of England.

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said he sincerely would like to ban Russian energy imports, but at the moment this is not possible.

The use of US strategic oil reserves is a gesture of desperation, Americanist political scientist Malek Dudakov told Tsargrad.

The Ministry of Energy of Russia does not rule out the possibility of transferring electricity exports to ruble payments.

If the United States fails to replenish the previously unpacked strategic oil reserves, then problems may begin in the country.

Gazprom announced the resumption of gas transportation to China via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline.

Chinese importers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are planning to purchase this raw material in Russia, as it is sold at a large discount to the market price.

Musk clarified that in Canada, payment is made for charging time, and not for kWh, and promised to change this rule.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov expressed hope that Europe would reconsider its statement about the impossibility of buying gas for rubles.

The West froze Russian assets in foreign currency, so Russia was forced to take countermeasures and oblige foreign companies to pay for gas in rubles, analyst Sergei Naumov explained.