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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

According to Pavel Zavalny, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Energy and President of the Russian Gas Society, the supply of Russian gas to the European market is contingent on the implementation of the Turkish gas hub. Without it, the EU's prospects for the supply Russian...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The supply of gas via pipelines to Europe from Russia for many years was consistent andstable in both pricing and the volumes. However, after the significant decision to halt the supply of Russian pipeline gas to the European the supply and price situation has worsened considerab...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Czech Republic is currently making arrangements to shift its oil refineries to the use of non-Russian oil sources. This is despite Russian oil via pipeline supplies being exempt from sanctions on it, as well as for Austria,Hungary and Slovakia, Prague appears to thing that i...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian energy company Gazprom has agreed with China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and PipeChina to design and construct a pipeline section located in the Far East. The new pipeline will be used to supply Russian gas to China.

Constructing a pipeline tends to be a prolonge...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The European Commission has stated that the European Union intends to limit the import of Russian gas to 40-45 billion cubic metres by the close of 2023. On November 2, Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst at the Russian National Energy Security Fund and lecturer at the Russian Financ...