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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

Russia is concerned about the reports of damage to the gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia, especially given the terrorist attacks previously against the Nord Stream pipelines. The Finnish authorities have not ruled out the possibility of sabotage, while some in the West spe...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Moldova has announced that it would stop buying gas from Gazprom because it had found an opportunity to buy gas on the European market, and at a lower price. It would appear tha this loud statement was made to please the politicians and bureaucrats of the European Union: look, So...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Ukraine have given an explainion about why they continue to take money from Gazprom and pump Russian gas. It turns out that this is only done for the sake of their European partners, so that they do not freeze in winter. But is the Ukrainian Naftogaz being disingenuous. What...

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

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...