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By Rhod Mackenzie
In February, Russia's oil and gas revenues surged by over 80% from the previous year to exceed $10 billion, owing to the increase in crude prices.
The Finance Ministry reported that budget revenues from oil and gas taxes amounted to 945.6 billion rubles ($10.4 billion) last mon...
Recently, Qatar's Energy Minister Saadi al-Kaabi spoke about new plans for the development of the gas sector. Doha plans to increase gas production by another 13%, which will allow Qatar to control a quarter of the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Doha, of course, expects further signifi...
By Rhod Mackenzie
TotalEnergies Vice President for Asia, Thomas Morisse, predicts that demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) will increase in 2024, driven by China and Europe.
Morisse stated at an energy conference, as reported by Reuters, that "(Demand for) LNG will continue to grow. Europe is...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The shift of Russian oil and petroleum product exports from Western sanctioned markets to Eastern and Southern markets is almost complete. However, replacing the European market for gas exports, whether pipeline or LNG, has proven to be a challenging task.
In the past two years,...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Qatar plans to take advantage of the temporary suspension of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export licences by the United States in January 2024 and increase its own production and exports by a further 16 million tonnes a year by the end of the decade. According to Bloomberg, Qatar...
By Rhod Mackenzie
According to Vladimir Nezhdanov, an analyst at the Institute of Current International Problems (IAMP) of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, trade turnover between Russia and China could reach a record level of over $250 billion by the end of 2024.
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