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Russian LNG exports to Europe are on the rise despite the continent’s efforts to diversify natural gas supplies and impose a series of sanctions against the country for its war in Ukraine. Most of the liquefied natural gas exported from Russia to Europe has been sourced from PAO Novatek’s Yamal LNG facility in the country’s…

U.S. crude oil exports drove another record quarter for the Port of Corpus Christi in South Texas as Western European buyers continue to shift away from Russian crude imports following the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, it said Monday. A record of 48.3 million tons set in the third quarter surpassed the previous tonnage record of…

BP plc is forecasting continued high prices and volatility in the natural gas market through year-end, following an “exceptional” third quarter for its gas marketing and trading business, management said Tuesday. Breaking down the supermajor’s quarterly results on a conference call, CFO Murray Auchincloss said that reduced Russian pipeline imports to Europe “led to sharp…

American exploration and production (E&P) companies raised oil output modestly last week as overall petroleum demand recovered some ground after multiple declines earlier in the fall, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday. U.S. oil production last week increased by 100,000 b/d to 12.0 million b/d, EIA said in its latest Weekly Petroleum Status…

President Biden warned of “consequences” for Saudi Arabia after OPEC-plus dismissed U.S. objections and said it would slash crude production, a move that could send global oil prices and gasoline costs for Americans surging. The Biden administration said the plan by the cartel, to cut output by up to 2 million b/d next month, would…

The consortium of oil-producing countries known as OPEC-Plus spurred rare bipartisanship in the U.S. capital after the cartel said it would slash crude production. The group said last week its decision to cut output by 2 million b/d in November was in response to global recessionary headwinds and threats to demand. But Washington lawmakers on…

OPEC-plus members, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, agreed on Wednesday to cut crude production by 2 million b/d. It marked the coalition of oil-producing countries’ largest pullback on output since the early days of the pandemic in April 2020, a move that could both send prices back to $100/bbl and aid Russia’s escalating war in…

European natural gas prices have continued to decline since the Nord Stream (NS) pipeline systems connected to previously vital Russian gas were damaged, but the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned LNG markets could be drastically impacted into next year. In the IEA’s latest natural gas market report, researchers said the blows to Russian gas imports…

German utility RWE AG has secured another LNG supply source in an agreement with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) that could bring additional cargoes to Germany’s developing import terminals as soon as December. RWE and the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) state-owned ADNOC agreed to a multi-year supply contract for liquefied natural gas starting in…