Charles Kennedy

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• Russia Could Halt Gas Supply To Finland On Friday

  Published 18 May 2022 | viewed 7,744 times

  Russian could cut off the natural gas supply to Finland late on Friday or early Saturday, Gasum, the state-owned energy provider in Finland, said on…

• Libyan Oil Deadlocked As Clashes Force PM-Designate Out of Tripoli

  Published 17 May 2022 | viewed 1,759 times

  Libyan prime minister-designate Fathi Bashagha was forced out of the capital Tripoli on Tuesday by armed militias backed by current interim Prime Minister Adbdul Hamid…

• Hungary Says Complying With Russia Oil Ban Would Cost It $811 Million

  Published 17 May 2022 | viewed 2,222 times

  The biggest holdout to an EU embargo on Russian oil imports, Hungary, continues to dig its heels in, and has told the other European Union…

• Iraqi Government Prevents Chinese Parties From Buying Into Oil Deals

  Published 17 May 2022 | viewed 2,590 times

  The Iraqi government prevented three deals that would have seen greater Chinese ownership in its oil fields, Reuters has reported, adding that should that have…

• Saudi Aramco Considers Listing $30 Billion Trading Arm As Oil Prices Soar

  Published 17 May 2022 | viewed 2,733 times

  Saudi oil giant Aramco is discussing with major international banks the possibility of listing 30 percent of its trading arm, Aramco Trading, 100 percent of…

• Shale Pioneer Harold Hamm Slams Biden's "Failed" Energy Policies

  Published 16 May 2022 | viewed 3,286 times

  The Biden Administration's "failed policies on energy are not working" and this administration hasn't changed its tune to the oil industry since day one in…

• Oil Prices Surge Past $113 As Shanghai Signals End Of Lockdown

  Published 16 May 2022 | viewed 34,569 times

  Oil prices have topped $113 per barrel on optimism that China’s lockdowns are coming to an end and demand will not take a prolonged hit. …

• Germany’s RWE To Follow Kremlin’s Rubles-for-Gas Scheme

  Published 16 May 2022 | viewed 9,731 times

  Germany’s largest producer of power, the giant RWE utility, has opened an account to pay for Russian gas in euros, Reuters reports, which will then…

• Leaked EU Memo Details Emergency Gas Supply Shock Measures

  Published 16 May 2022 | viewed 13,355 times

  The European Union is gearing up to release emergency measures for a full-scale gas supply shock on Wednesday, with a leaked memo calling for a…

• California Reconsidering Closure Of Its Last Nuclear Power Plant

  Published 16 May 2022 | viewed 2,439 times

  As another summer threatens the stability of California’s power grid, Governor Gavin Newsom has said that he would keep all options on the table to…

• EU Hopes Agreement On Russian Oil Ban Will Be Reached In May

  Published 13 May 2022 | viewed 2,165 times

  The European Union hopes it will reach this month a unanimous agreement on placing an embargo on Russian oil imports, EU diplomats and officials told…

• Russian Sanctions Drive Europe Further Into Gas Crisis

  Published 13 May 2022 | viewed 2,110 times

  Shipments of Russian natural gas to Europe have been further disrupted by Russia-imposed sanctions, sending prices soaring higher on Thursday. The Natural Gas EU Dutch…

• Russia Could Cut Gas Supplies To Finland Tomorrow

  Published 12 May 2022 | viewed 20,085 times

  Hours after Moscow warned there would be retaliation for Helsinki’s announcement that it is applying for NATO membership, Finnish media reports that the Kremlin threatened…

• Ukraine Won't Restart Gas Flows To Europe Until It Has Control Of Pipelines

  Published 12 May 2022 | viewed 7,560 times

  Ukraine will only restart gas flows from Russia to Europe via the Sokhranivka point—which were stopped earlier this week—only when Kyiv regains full control over…

• India Looks To Import More LNG Amid Rising Demand

  Published 12 May 2022 | viewed 3,509 times

  Gas demand from households in cities and from the transportation sector in India is currently outpacing supply, which has prompted the government to mandate state-held…

• Washington Cancels Alaska Oil, Gas Lease Sale

  Published 12 May 2022 | viewed 5,325 times

  The Department of the Interior has canceled a lease sale in Alaska that would have opened up some 1 million acres to drilling, citing a…

• Italian PM Draghi Now Supports Ruble Payment Scheme for Russian Gas

  Published 11 May 2022 | viewed 18,174 times

  As the European Union warns companies against paying for Russian gas in rubles, Italy’s prime minister has stated the opposite, saying that European companies are…

• Russia Sanctions European Gazprom Units In Retaliation

  Published 11 May 2022 | viewed 6,388 times

  As the European Union hits a wall with its Russian oil embargo and backtracks on some sanctions, Russia has imposed its own sanctions on EuRoPol…

• Asian Refinery Restarts After Two-Year Hiatus

  Published 11 May 2022 | viewed 4,773 times

  An Asian refinery co-owned by Saudi oil giant Aramco has resumed crude processing for the first time since closing after a deadly fire in 2020,…

• Libya Eyes Offshore Oil Expansion Amid Onshore Force Majeure

  Published 11 May 2022 | viewed 1,485 times

  Libya is planning to push a key offshore oil and gas project led by Italian Eni and Libya’s National Oil Company (NOC) in a move…