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By Rhod Mackenzie

Russian companies exported 3.27 billion cubic metres of gas to China in July 2023, which was a record figure in the entire history of trade between the two countries, according to data from the Chinese Customs Bureau.

This is the total volume of both pipeline and liquefied supp...

By Rhod Mackenzie

This year Russia will continue to redirect oil supplies to the Asia-Pacific region (APR), including China and India, said the Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak at the plenary session of the TNF Industrial and Energy Forum on 20 September.
According to him, last year Russia p...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Chinese Sinopec Corp has already purchaed more than 30 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ahead of winter in a tender for deliveries from October 2023 to the end of 2024. The results of the tender exceeded the plans of the Chinese energy giant, which had originally plann...

By Rhod Mackenzie

There are no problematic issues in the negotiation process on the gas hub project in Turkey with the Russian side, at this stage Ankara is only studying the market, the parties are aiming at active work, a source in the Turkish energy sector involved in the development of the pro...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The EU reports a sharp fall in its dependence on Russian oil and gas, but the US share of its imports has risen sharply. How does this threaten Europe?

Eurostat reports that by the end of June 2023, dependence on oil from Russia will have fallen from 29.2 per cent to 2.3 per ce...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Chinese state-owned company Sinopec will be holding a tender to buy large volumes of LNG on the spot market. Analysts fear that the already high prices will return to last year's levels and that previously European bound cargoes will start to flow to Asia.

Chinese companie...