SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
A ban on transshipment of Russian LNG in European ports will result in a surge in imports of liquefied gas from Russia to the EU, according to industry analysts. Since cargoes to Asia are contracted by major European and Chinese companies, they will be exchanged for those destin...
In 2023 the Russian budget received nearly one trillion rubles more ( $10.5 billion )from the increase of non-resource and non-energy exports. This is an impressive 85% surge and it has given a strong financial boost to the country. What products fall under this export classification, what are the...
The American press leveled familiar accusations - only this time against another gas supplier to Europe. Norway was attacked for taking Gazprom's "gas crown" - and immediately becoming the most "monopolistic" gas supplier. What exactly was Norway guilty of, according to the US?
The American publica...
NOVATEK has once again revised the composition of key equipment for the power supply of the Arctic LNG-2 plant under construction. Instead of procuring machines from the Chinese Harbin Guanghan Gas Turbine, which may not meet the deadline, the company has ordered three GTE-170 units from Power Machi...
The consequences of the breakdown in relations with the West have finally caught up with both Gazprom and the Russian budget, for which the gas monopoly is an important donor. Sabotage at Nord Stream also added fuel to the fire, which resulted in the failure of gas pipelines. At the end of 2023, Gaz...
Sakhalin-2 significantly increased its liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to China in April, delivering a record 440 thousand tons, according to RBC, which cited data from the analytical company Kpler. This represents a 3.4-fold increase compared to March and a 39% year-on-year growth.
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