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By Rhod Mackenzie

For the second winter in a row, Europe's energy strategy is largely based on the hope of a warm winter and low economic demand for gas. Despite these and a number of other favourable factors, the price of electricity is fluctuating around 50 euros per MWh (525 euros per thousand...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its recent long-term forecast, World Energy Outlook. According to the report Russia's gas industry faces a bleak future with its market share predicted to decrease by half on the global platform. It is crucial to determine the ev...

By Rhod Mackenzie

A major political row over gas has erupted between Serbia, Hungary and Bulgaria after Sofia imposed an extra duty on the transit of Russian gas . This move caused outrage in Budapest and Belgrade, who have vowed to respond in kind. The Bulgarian media believe that the levy will d...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The International Gas Union (IGU), the trade association representing the global gas industry, cautions about the possibility of diminishing gas supplies in upcoming decades without further investment. The repercussions of such a drop in supply are clear, particularly the price...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Hungary is doing all it can to maintain its economic relations with Russia. This stated by the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Hungary today is an island of pragmatism in Europe, which makes rather unusual and an exception. Why are contacts with Moscow so important for thi...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Europe may have found a previously an unforeseen solution to the challenge facing it of providing the continent with liquefied natural gas (LNG) and it has appeared in the form of Qatar. It has been reported that Doha still requires customers for two-thirds of its LNG supply, wh...