Russia

About 90 tonnes of methane an hour were released from the Raspadskaya coal mine in January, data from the GHGSat global satellite shows.

The 23-country group is seeking to end its historic supply cuts a month early as oil prices march upwards.

By turning its back on Russian oil and gas, will Europe speed up or slow down its energy transition, and what will be the impact on global climate change?

The EU has voted to immediately ban Russian oil imports supplied by tanker, a two-thirds cut in deliveries, while member states aim for a 90% import shutdown by yearend when Germany and Poland have pledged to phase out their Russian pipeline supplies.

The US has extended Chevron’s waiver to maintain its assets in sanctioned Venezuela through the end of November 2022 under the same limited terms as the previous extension.

The exit comes after Equinor's presence of more than 30 years with the transfer of its interests in joint ventures to Rosneft and its stake in the Kharyaga PSA to operator Zarubezhneftegaz.

Finland will operate the FSRU jointly with Estonia as part of an emerging LNG hub in the Baltic Sea region.

Tanker transit statistics via the Suez Canal broke historic records in April as Europe sought to import more crude oil and LNG from the Arab Gulf to replace traditional supplies from Russia.

Sempra Infrastructure and Poland’s state-owned PGNiG oil and gas company have signed a deal that is expected to result in the export of 3 mtpa of LNG to Poland from Louisiana and Texas.

ExxonMobil has declared force majeure on its Sakhalin-1 operations in the Russian Far East as risk-averse shippers fearing sanctions refuse to transport Sakhalin crude and production starts to fall.