Australia has offered to export more liquefied natural gas to Europe in light of Ukraine tensions. Here's why
2 years, 11 months ago

Australia has offered to export more liquefied natural gas to Europe in light of Ukraine tensions. Here's why

ABC  

Australia has offered to provide additional liquefied natural gas to "friends and allies" in Europe, should Moscow decide to cut off energy supplies to European countries heavily reliant on gas from Russia. Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline If Europe were to approve the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that would run from Russia to Germany, it would allow Moscow to sell gas directly to a major customer without having to direct supplies through other countries such as Ukraine or Poland. UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss said Europe needed to become less reliant on Russian gas when addressing the Lowy Institute in Sydney last week " are determined to act together. Mr Wood said it wouldn't be in Russia's economic interest to cut gas supplies to Europe.

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Ukraine is right to turn off the flow of Russian gas – whatever the cost
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1 week, 1 day ago

Ukraine is right to turn off the flow of Russian gas – whatever the cost

The Independent  

The first day of the new year came with bad tidings for energy consumers, both in Britain and across Europe. On the other side of Europe, Ukraine ended the transit of Russian gas across its territory, forcing several EU countries to turn to imports of more expensive liquefied natural gas. Ukraine’s decision not to renew transit arrangements that have been …

Ukraine ends supply of Russian gas to Europe
1 week, 2 days ago

Ukraine ends supply of Russian gas to Europe

CNN  

Kyiv/London CNN — Ukraine has made good on its promise to halt the transport of Russian gas to Europe through its territory after a key deal with Moscow expired on Wednesday. Ukraine’s energy ministry said it ended the deal “in the interests of national security.” “We have stopped the transit of Russian gas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the move …

Austria says Russia's Gazprom will cut off natural gas supply this weekend
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Austria says Russia's Gazprom will cut off natural gas supply this weekend

The Independent  

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Once unthinkable, gas giant Australia is set to import supplies for the first time
4 months ago

Once unthinkable, gas giant Australia is set to import supplies for the first time

ABC  

On a dock alongside reminders of Australia's industrial past — blast furnaces and stockpiles of coal — a key piece of the country's energy future is taking shape. Crucially, according to industry analyst Rick Wilkinson, it is the "only" solution to a looming gas supply crisis that threatens to push up energy bills in Australia's most populous states. "Even though …

French imports of Russia's liquified natural gas surge, and Ukraine supporters seek a stop
5 months ago

French imports of Russia's liquified natural gas surge, and Ukraine supporters seek a stop

The Independent  

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Australia unlikely to ship coal to Ukraine despite nation's request for energy aid
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia unlikely to ship coal to Ukraine despite nation's request for energy aid

ABC  

In short: Ukraine has written to the federal government asking for a shipment of coal due to its energy needs becoming critical. The federal defence minister has indicated the government is unlikely to grant Ukraine's request for a shipment of coal to help keep the nation's power grid operating. Analyst says Australia lacks long-term plan to support Ukraine Jennifer Parker, …

As Europe's energy crisis intensifies amid Putin's war, what does it mean for Australia?
2 years, 2 months ago

As Europe's energy crisis intensifies amid Putin's war, what does it mean for Australia?

ABC  

For decades, Europe relied on Russia for more than a third of its coal, oil and gas. Key points: Europe's energy crisis is escalating as governments try to reduce their dependence on Russian resources while the war in Ukraine drags on EU countries have implemented energy efficiency measures and urged people to make sacrifices during winter, amid soaring prices and …

Russia's threat to cut off the EU's energy supplies sees Europe scrambling for Africa's gas
2 years, 2 months ago

Russia's threat to cut off the EU's energy supplies sees Europe scrambling for Africa's gas

ABC  

A new liquefied natural gas project off Africa's west coast may only be 80 per cent complete, but already the prospect of a new energy supplier has drawn visits from the leaders of Poland and Germany. Key points: Europe is turning to resource-rich African countries as it looks to lessen its dependence on Russian gas African leaders across the continent …

EXPLAINER: Europe struggles to cope with Russia gas shutoffs
2 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: Europe struggles to cope with Russia gas shutoffs

Associated Press  

FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe is facing an energy crisis that is squeezing ordinary people’s finances and in just a few weeks could mushroom into rolling blackouts and factory shutdowns. Here is the latest on Europe’s efforts to avoid a total energy disaster: DID RUSSIA CUT OFF GAS TO EUROPE? There’s still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline …

First Australian gas in six years to land on UK shores
2 years, 4 months ago

First Australian gas in six years to land on UK shores

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first Australian gas shipment …

Explained: Can Europe survive if Russia cuts off natural gas supply?
2 years, 5 months ago

Explained: Can Europe survive if Russia cuts off natural gas supply?

Firstpost  

Before the Ukraine war, Russia supplied some 40 per cent of Europe’s natural gas before the war. Russia has already slashed Europe’s flows of natural gas used to power factories, generate electricity and heat homes in the winter, and Putin warns they could keep dwindling. Russia supplied some 40 per cent of Europe’s natural gas before the war. The head …

Explained: What's next after Russia reduced gas to Europe?
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained: What's next after Russia reduced gas to Europe?

Firstpost  

Russia last week reduced gas supplies to five European Union countries, including Germany, the 27-country bloc’s biggest economy that heavily depends on Moscow’s gas to generate electricity and power industry It’s not a summer heat wave that’s making European leaders and businesses sweat. Russia last week reduced gas supplies to five European Union countries, including Germany, the 27-country bloc’s biggest …

EXPLAINER: What’s next after Russia reduced gas to Europe?
2 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s next after Russia reduced gas to Europe?

Associated Press  

It’s not a summer heat wave that’s making European leaders and businesses sweat. It’s fear that Russia’s manipulation of natural gas supplies will lead to an economic and political crisis next winter. Russia last week reduced gas supplies to five European Union countries, including Germany, the 27-country bloc’s biggest economy that heavily depends on Moscow’s gas to generate electricity and …

A solution for the energy crisis gripping Australia's east may lie in Western Australia
2 years, 6 months ago

A solution for the energy crisis gripping Australia's east may lie in Western Australia

ABC  

You can thank Margaret Thatcher for the gas supply crunch Australia's east coast has been plunged into. While energy on Australia's east coast has been in the hands of the market for decades, Western Australia has learned from previous crises. In the 1980s, the isolated state — which is not part of the national electricity market or the eastern gas …

Russia again cuts natural gas exports thru European pipeline
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia again cuts natural gas exports thru European pipeline

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Russia’s Gazprom announced a reduction in natural gas flows through a key European pipeline for the second day in a row Wednesday, creating further energy turmoil for Europe as it tries to reduce its extensive use of Russian oil and natural gas amid the war in Ukraine. The new cut came a day after Gazprom said it would …

Australia looks to fill Asia’s energy gap amid Ukraine crisis
2 years, 8 months ago

Australia looks to fill Asia’s energy gap amid Ukraine crisis

Al Jazeera  

Australia is seeing increased demand for its LNG and coal as war and sanctions upend energy supplies. Challenges to Australian exports ”China doesn’t want to rely on Australia for energy, that’s the bottom line,” Robertson said, predicting Beijing’s pivot away from Canberra will extend to LNG as well. “They’ll likely stay the course with the current projects, but it is …

Russian roulette with gas supplies
2 years, 8 months ago

Russian roulette with gas supplies

The Hindu  

The story so far: Russian energy company Gazprom has stopped gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland citing their failure to pay in roubles. Towards the end of March, Russian President Vladimir Putin had signed a decree that from April 1, “unfriendly foreign buyers” would have to pay for gas supplies in roubles. The era of Russian fossil fuel in Europe …

Italian premier says Algeria to boost natural gas exports
2 years, 8 months ago

Italian premier says Algeria to boost natural gas exports

Associated Press  

MILAN — Italian Premier Mario Draghi secured a deal Monday for more natural gas imports across a Mediterranean pipeline from Algeria, marking the latest push by a European Union nation to reduce dependence on Russian energy following its invasion of Ukraine. Russia is Italy’s biggest supplier of natural gas, representing 40% of total imports, followed by Algeria, which provides some …

Explained: The true cost of fracked U.S. 'freedom gas'
2 years, 9 months ago

Explained: The true cost of fracked U.S. 'freedom gas'

The Hindu  

"We think that we can switch to another vehicle, but we are still driving towards the abyss," said Andy Gheorghiu, a Germany-based anti-gas and -fracking campaigner, after U.S. President Joe Biden and E.U. and the U.S. on a misguided and dangerous path by fast-tracking new infrastructure to import fossil gas into Europe," said Murray Worthy, gas campaign leader at the …

Will Russia use its gas to ‘blackmail’ Europe? We’re about to find out
2 years, 9 months ago

Will Russia use its gas to ‘blackmail’ Europe? We’re about to find out

CNN  

London CNN Business — In the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, Moscow has continued to ship natural gas westward and Europe has used the energy to power industry and heat homes. Germany, Russia’s biggest energy customer in Europe, has dismissed Putin’s directive as “blackmail.” “A payment with rubles is not acceptable,” German economy minister Robert Habeck said Monday, adding that …

U.S., E.U. Announce New Partnership To Undercut Russian Energy
2 years, 9 months ago

U.S., E.U. Announce New Partnership To Undercut Russian Energy

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING RUSSELS — The United States and European Union on Friday announced a new partnership to reduce the continent’s reliance on Russian energy, a step top officials characterized as the start of a years-long initiative to further isolate Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden asserted that Russian President Vladimir Putin uses energy to “coerce …

EU clinches US LNG deal in bid to curb reliance on Russian gas
2 years, 9 months ago

EU clinches US LNG deal in bid to curb reliance on Russian gas

Al Jazeera  

The European Union and United States are set to unveil a deal on Friday to supply Europe with more US liquefied natural gas, sources told the Reuters news agency, as the European bloc seeks to quickly curb its reliance on Russian fossil fuels. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Europe’s top gas supplier, pushed already-high energy prices to records and …

EU commits to phasing out dependency on Russian fossil fuels
2 years, 10 months ago

EU commits to phasing out dependency on Russian fossil fuels

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The European Union is seeking to fully phase out its reliance on Russian energy “well before 2030” to ensure the 27-nation bloc no longer faces difficult decisions about hurting their own economies in geopolitical crises like the invasion of Ukraine. The EU leaders meet in Versailles outside Paris for a two-day summit starting Thursday and will be working …

Russia-Ukraine War: Europe’s Costly Energy Transition Has Accelerated the Great Power Contest
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia-Ukraine War: Europe’s Costly Energy Transition Has Accelerated the Great Power Contest

News 18  

The interplay between great power competition and the green energy transition has in large part brought forth the spectre of inflation. Energy price inflation soared, damaging industrial competitiveness, reducing consumers’ disposable income, pressuring central banks and threatening Europe’s economic recovery. Great Power Competition and Energy Wars Europe’s increased dependency on gas has played a role in Russia’s geopolitical calculus. Such …

Russia's Ukraine invasion could push Australian petrol prices above $2 a litre and raise interest rates
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia's Ukraine invasion could push Australian petrol prices above $2 a litre and raise interest rates

ABC  

Trade sanctions on Russia will have little direct impact on Australian producers, but higher prices will still be felt here, analysts say. Key points: Russia is the world's second-largest crude oil producer Tough sanctions on Russia will impact Australia's economy in different ways Petrol prices could reach $2.10 a litre Russia's attacks on Ukraine have seen the global oil price …

Russian energy: Europe scrambles to reduce its dependency
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian energy: Europe scrambles to reduce its dependency

Associated Press  

FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe is scrambling to reduce its dependence on Russia for energy and bracing for potential disruption to critical natural gas supplies as Russia’s war in Ukraine sends prices to new highs. The Paris-based International Energy Agency said Thursday that Russian gas imports could be cut by one-third this year through steps including letting existing gas contracts with …

Australia to help send weapons via NATO to support Ukraine in war against Russia
2 years, 10 months ago

Australia to help send weapons via NATO to support Ukraine in war against Russia

ABC  

Australia will pour money into a Western-led effort to help arm Ukrainian soldiers trying to repel the Russian invasion as the conflict further intensifies. Key points: Australia will work with NATO to deliver weapons to Ukraine The government previously committed to non-lethal aid such as medical supplies Scott Morrison says Vladimir Putin has now also been sanctioned by Australia The …

Russian invasion of Ukraine drives up energy costs and Australians will feel the pain
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian invasion of Ukraine drives up energy costs and Australians will feel the pain

ABC  

Australian households and businesses already hit by steep gas price increases face further rises after Russia's invasion of Ukraine put a rocket underneath global energy costs. Key points: The invasion has seen forward gas prices skyrocket Some are predicting prices could reach unprecedented highs That is likely to affect Australian gas users, particularly on the east coast Major gas users …

Russia sanctions, Ukraine conflict likely to increase petrol, gas, fertiliser and wheat prices
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia sanctions, Ukraine conflict likely to increase petrol, gas, fertiliser and wheat prices

ABC  

It is 15,000 kilometres from Kyiv to Korumburra, but the conflict between Ukraine and Russia will have economic effects across Australia. Key points: Russia is an energy powerhouse, the world's second-largest exporter of crude oil and refined petroleum Petrol prices could rise due to lower supply because of the conflict Australia and Russia both have wheat and gas as key …

What happens to Europe’s energy supply if Russia cuts gas exports? An explainer
2 years, 11 months ago

What happens to Europe’s energy supply if Russia cuts gas exports? An explainer

LA Times  

Fears are rising over what would happen to Europe’s energy supply if Russia were to invade Ukraine and then shut off natural gas exports in retaliation for U.S. and European sanctions. U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the Biden administration has coordinated with its allies and that “if Russia invades Ukraine, one …

EXPLAINER: What happens to Europe’s energy if Russia acts?
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: What happens to Europe’s energy if Russia acts?

Associated Press  

FRANKFURT, Germany — Fears are rising about what would happen to Europe’s energy supply if Russia were to invade Ukraine and then shut off natural gas exports in retaliation for U.S. and European sanctions. U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the Biden administration has coordinated with its allies and that “if Russia …

EXPLAINER: What happens to Europe's energy if Russia acts?
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: What happens to Europe's energy if Russia acts?

India TV News  

Highlights The tensions show the risk of Europe's reliance on Russia for energy US has pledged to help Europe by boosting exports of liquefied natural gas or LNG Russian cutbacks to spot gas supplies have contributed to raise natural gas prices in Europe Fears are rising about what would happen to Europe's energy supply if Russia were to invade Ukraine …

U.S., EU to cooperate on energy security
2 years, 11 months ago

U.S., EU to cooperate on energy security

The Hindu  

The U.S. and European Union said on Friday they are working together to source alternative supplies of natural gas to protect the EU in case key energy supplier Russia retaliates against sanctions. They are “working jointly towards continued, sufficient, and timely supply of natural gas to the EU from diverse sources across the globe to avoid supply shocks, including those …

U.S., Europe plan for any cutoff of Russian natural gas over Ukraine crisis
2 years, 11 months ago

U.S., Europe plan for any cutoff of Russian natural gas over Ukraine crisis

LA Times  

U.S. and European officials are coordinating with natural gas suppliers around the globe to cushion the impact if Russia were to cut off energy supplies in the conflict over Ukraine, Biden administration officials say. The U.S. and its European allies have promised punishing economic and political sanctions if Russia moves its military into Ukraine, but worry about repercussions for Europeans …

Vladimir Putin says Russia not using gas as a political weapon and it is ready to help ease Europe's energy crunch
3 years, 2 months ago

Vladimir Putin says Russia not using gas as a political weapon and it is ready to help ease Europe's energy crunch

ABC  

President Vladimir Putin has denied using gas as a political weapon, saying Russia was ready to help ease Europe's energy crunch as the European Union called an emergency summit to tackle skyrocketing prices. Key points: Renewables have failed to fill gaps amid surging demand Some European politicians say Moscow is using the fuel crisis as leverage President Vladimir Putin says …

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