Gas

Gazprom stops supplies to Poland and Bulgaria
European gas prices rose by a fifth on Wednesday after Russian gas company Gazprom halted supplies to Poland and Bulgaria on the grounds that the countries had failed to make ruble payments due a day earlier.

Ukraine crisis: Will the gas price explode now?
Following the recent events in Ukraine, the Nord Stream 2 gas project has been put on hold. Analysts agree that as a result, the price of gas is likely to rise in the coming days. Russia's former president Dmitry Medvedev, meanwhile, has announced a veritable …

Extreme weather creates bull market for commodities
The past few weeks have been exceptional for the commodity markets. Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have impacted several commodities. In addition, global (post-Covid) tightening continues to drive inflationary waves across many markets. The tight supply …

Investor group warns EU
A coalition of investors managing 50 trillion euros ($56.81 trillion) has warned the European Union against labeling natural gas investments as sustainable because Brussels' plan to do so would weaken its global leadership in green finance.

Nord Stream 2 is ready
The Yamal-Europe pipeline, which normally delivers Russian gas to Western Europe, returned fuel to Poland for the ninth day in a row on Wednesday, according to data from the German network operator Gascade.

Energy prices rose 59% in 2021
According to a new report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), energy prices were 59% higher at the end of 2021 than at the beginning of the year.

Gas and nuclear investments are green?
After years of fighting between governments over which investments are truly climate-friendly, the European Union has drawn up plans to classify some natural gas and nuclear energy projects as "green" investments.

EU natural gas prices fall again
A flotilla of US liquefied natural gas carriers on their way to Europe has brought relief to European gas consumers and has cut gas prices significantly. According to Bloomberg, quoted by the Russian broadcaster Sputnik, the number of LNG shipments from the …

EU struggles to react to rising energy prices
France, Spain and a few other countries have stepped up their calls for a reform of EU energy market rules to cope with high prices, but faced a rival group of states, including Germany, at the energy ministers' meeting on Thursday.

EU gas companies prepare pipelines for hydrogen highway
While the heads of state and government were negotiating an agreement to slow down climate change last week, gas engineer Michele Ricciardi was grappling with a practical problem: How can thousands of kilometers of pipelines in Italy and Europe be safely …
