High natural gas prices strain Europeans
Crimped supplies and increased demand have pushed energy prices to their highest in years, raising concerns about the winter
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Russian gas price for 2022 to remain at 2021 year's level for Belarus
The price for Belarus for Russian natural gas for 2022 will remain at the current year's level," Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. At the same time, Putin stressed, gas prices for Belarus for 2022 will not be …
Construction of Nord Stream 2 completed
The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was fully completed on the morning of September 10, Gazprom said in a statement. "At a morning operational meeting of Gazprom, Chairman of the Board Alexey Miller said that at 8:45 …
Kremlin: Nobody to listen to statements about "danger" of Nord Stream 2
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov believes that amid the current world gas prices, hardly anyone will listen to claims about the "danger" of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. "As for these warnings to Ukrainians and Europeans …
Nord Stream 2 operator looks into shipping hydrogen via pipeline
Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of the Nord Stream 2, is looking into the technical possibility of transportation of hydrogen via this pipeline, OMV ex-CEO Rainer Seele said. "As far as I know, Nord Stream 2 AG is carrying out such …
Gas price in Europe breaches $650 per 1,000 cubic meters mark
The gas price in Europe breached the $650 per 1,000 cubic meters mark during Monday trading, according to data provided by London’s ICE. Particularly, the price of gas futures for October delivery at the TTF hub in the Netherlands …
Kremlin: Nord Stream 2 doesn't threaten anyone
The Kremlin categorically disagrees with the position of Washington and Kiev that the Nord Stream 2 project poses a threat to someone, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). …
U.S. and Ukraine release joint statement on Nord Stream 2
The United States and Ukraine continue to oppose Nord Stream 2, which we view as a threat to European energy security, reads the joint U.S.-Ukraine strategic partnership statement published on Wednesday by the White House. "The …
Gas export to Europe can grow to over 183 bln cubic meters in 2021
Gazprom’s export to Europe will be over 183 bln cubic meters in 2021, department head of Gazprom Alexander Ivannikov said at a teleconference. "[An increase in gas production] will make possible to support export supplies to …
Nord Stream 2 second string laying at final phase
Gazprom is finalizing startup on the first string of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to begin supplies and is close to completion of second string laying, a top manager of the company said on Tuesday at a teleconference. "As you are …
Russia's Rosneft to start gas exports to Europe?
Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft asked President Vladimir Putin to allow it to export 10 billion cubic metres of gas per year via an agent agreement with pipeline gas exporting monopoly Gazprom, Kommersant daily said on Friday. …
Merkel calls for not using Nord Stream 2 a weapon
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline should not be used as a weapon, otherwise Germany will call for sanctions, German Chancellor Angeea Merkel said on Sunday after talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. "We gave to understand …
Putin: Russia should prevent Afghani militants from entering its territory
Russia should not let militants from Afghanistan disguised as refugees enter its territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday. The head of state added that the Russian authorities would contacts the Western states to do …
Nord Stream 2 works in German zone to be over on September 12
The Fortuna ship is expected to finish pipelaying works under the Nord Stream 2 project in the German zone on September 12, 2021, Bloomberg said on Sunday, citing Germany’s maritime authorities. According to Maine Traffic, the …
EU on a ‘tightrope’ as winter gas supply worries increase
The European Union's natural gas reserves are well under normal levels — and if they don't fill up by October, the bloc could face a price squeeze if there's a repeat of last winter's cold snap, analysts warn, Politico …
Gas price in Europe continue decline amidst plans to pump through Nord Stream 2
The price of gas in Europe accelerated its decline during trading on Thursday and reached $480 per thousand cubic meters after Gazprom's statement on the possibility of pumping gas through Nord Stream 2 in 2021, according to the ICE data …
Gazprom notes minimum volume of active gas in European storages
The volume of active gas in European underground storage facilities is at the minimum level for the end of July in years, Russia’s gas producer Gazprom said in a statement on Monday. "According to the data of Gas …
Former Danish FM calls to turn Nord Stream 2 into 'Pyrrhic Victory' for Moscow
Former Danish Foreign Minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen of the liberal-conservative party Venstre has urged Western countries to use all the means at their disposal and find a way to turn the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline into a "Pyrrhic victory …
Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is 99% finished
The Nord Stream 2 undersea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is 99% complete, the pipeline operator said on Wednesday, after the pipelay vessel Akademik Cherskiy finished its initially planned workload. The Nord Stream 2 operator also …
"Nord Stream 2 become operational in 2021"
The construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will be completed in August and it is likely to become operational as early as this year, Rainer Seele, the head of the Austrian oil giant OMV, said on 28 July. "The construction work …
