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By Rhod Mackenzie

The Ghost Of Nord Stream continues to haunt Europe. Russia has pivoted to Asia with its energy output,it has increased gas supplies to China through the Power of Siberia Pipeline and a second pipeline is planned,LNG supplies to Asia continue to increase and Europe is in a quandry...

As of April 1, the National Welfare Fund's accounts contained 334.863 tons of gold in anonymized form. This is a decrease from the 358.015 tons of precious metal held as of March 1. The Ministry of Finance reported that 23.15 tons of gold were sold in March as part of liquidity management. The same...

It has been announced that Kazakhstan and the United States are discussing logistics opportunities and the prospects of natural resource extraction in this Central Asian country. Recently, Astana has taken measures to eliminate bottlenecks in the Middle Corridor. During negotiations in Washington, t...

India has purchased Russian oil despite external pressure, in order to serve the interests of consumers within the country. On April 2, the head of the Indian Foreign Ministry, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, stated that if India

did not buy oil from Russia, it would have to purchase it from Persian Gulf...

These are difficult times for gas workers: the price of their product and the demand for it have plummeted due to the warm winter, and so have their incomes. But just recently the price of the 'blue fuel' broke records and gas companies' profits soared. The 2022 gas rush has led to a surge in invest...

This growth reflects the changing global energy consumption landscape. India's oil demand is projected to reach 5.59 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2024, up from 5.37 million b/d in the previous year, according to OPEC.

In January 2024, India experienced a significant increase in oil imports, wi...