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Russia expects its pipeline gas exports to recover by almost a fifth this year, partially offsetting the loss of most of its European customers through higher shipments to China.

Gas shipments via pipelines to foreign markets will reach 108 billion cubic meters this year, up from 91.4 billion cubi...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Alexander Novak, stated on January 27th that Russia is prepared to supply gas to Europe and negotiate the terms of delivery.

Novak expressed his willingness to continue gas supplies to Europe beyond the current contract, whic...

By Rhod Mackenzie

By the end of 2023, Gazprom will have increased gas supplies to China by 1.5 times compared to last year. The head of the company, Alexei Miller, announced this on 27th December during a working meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"This year, gas supplies to China wil...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia's NovaTEK, which is leading the Arctic LNG-2 project, has sent force majeure notices to a number of customers, this is preventing it from starting deliveries on time early next year. It is known that China's Shenergy Group and Zheijang Energy, as well as Spain's Repsol, ha...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Equinor, the Norwegian energy company formerly known as Statoil, has signed a 10-year contract with German state energy company SEFE. The contract requires Equinor to supply 111 TWh (10 billion cubic meters) of natural gas annually from January 1, 2024 until 2034 at a fixed price...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Gazprom supplied nearly 19 billion cubic meters of gas to China via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline in the first 10 months of this year, which will exceed the planned annual amount of 22 billion cubic meters. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced this on Decem...