(By Oil & Gas 360) – The European Union is weighing a plan to permanently ban Russian oil imports and to impose a full ban on providing shipping and related services for Russian oil, escalating its efforts to tighten pressure on Moscow. But turning that proposal into reality would likely require coordination beyond Brussels, including backing from G7 partners that play
(BOE Report) – Top business leaders urged the European Union on Wednesday to act urgently to bring down energy prices, saying that was key for European industries to be able to compete with the United States and China. The industries’ message is timed to land just before EU leaders gather in a Belgian castle on Thursday for an informal “retreat”
(Investing) – ABU DHABI -Executives at two of Europe’s top gas suppliers, ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy, on Monday warned they could stop doing business with the European Union if it does not significantly loosen a sustainability law that could impose fines of 5% of their global revenue. Exxon CEO Darren Woods told Reuters on the sidelines of the ADIPEC meeting in Abu Dhabi
(Investing) – BRUSSELS -European Union diplomats said they expect to reach a deal during an EU summit this week on an 18th package of sanctions against Russia, which Slovakia and Hungary are using as a bargaining chip for concessions on Russian energy. The European Commission has proposed the package in an effort to push Russia to negotiate a ceasefire with Ukraine
(Oil Price) – As part of the European Union’s efforts to halt imports of Russian natural gas by 2027, the bloc will require EU companies to disclose details of their contracts to buy Russian gas, according to an internal European Commission document seen by Reuters. In May, the EU unveiled a roadmap to end dependency on Russian energy. The roadmap calls for the EU
(Investing) – BRUSSELS -The European Commission will next month propose legal measures to phase out the EU’s imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas by the end of 2027, it said on Tuesday. Here are the key details: GAS AND LNG Russia was Europe’s top gas supplier before its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, providing around 45% of the European
(Oil Price) – The Biden Administration is set to slap more sanctions on Russia’s oil exports by targeting tankers hauling Russian crude and products, sources familiar with the outgoing administration’s plans have told Reuters. “It is going to be a big package,” one of Reuters’s sources said. The current Administration plans to target vessels that carry Russian oil above the $60 per
MOSCOW – Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine are set to end on New Year’s Day, bringing down the curtain on Moscow’s long period of dominance of supply in the European gas market. Russia’s oldest gas export route to Europe – a pipeline dating back to Soviet days – was set to shut at the end of 2024, as
(Investing) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday the European Union should step up U.S. oil and gas imports or face tariffs on the bloc’s exports that include goods such as cars and machinery. The EU already buys the lion’s share of U.S. oil and gas exports, according to U.S. government data. No extra volumes are currently available as the
(Oil Price) – Germany’s car manufacturing giant BMW is warning that an EU ban on the sale of gasoline and diesel cars from 2035 is “no longer realistic” amid slow EV sales as the European auto industry will see a “massive shrinking” with such a ban. European carmakers are already struggling with their EV sales as subsidies in many countries are
(Oil & Gas 360) – Energy policy was cited as a significant reason for the growing gap in global competitiveness between the European Union (EU) and its rivals China and the United States in a 400-page report to the EU released earlier this month. The report was submitted by Mario Draghi, who was prominent in the EU for nearly
US News LONDON – Oil prices rose on Friday in choppy trade as hopes of stronger Chinese demand and output cuts by OPEC and its allies offset concern about a global economic downturn and the impact of interest rate rises on fuel use. To fight inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve is trying to slow the economy and will keep
