Europe and North America are sanctioning the Russian economy, including its energy exports, while Russia is retaliating by cutting key resources, in particular natural gas flows to Europe. This is massively disruptive

That should help to make future decision making easier. But it is not going to help keep us warm this winter or indeed even in winter 2024.

China imported six LNG cargoes of about 71,000 mt each from Russia's Yamal LNG terminal and three cargoes of about 62,000 mt each from the Sakhalin LNG terminal,

The growing emphasis on ESG is a key component in the upstream oil and gas industry.

The Worldwide Rig Count for August was 1,825, up 50 from the 1,775 counted in July 2022,and up 391 from the 1,434 counted in August 2021.

U.S. Rig Count is down 5 from last week to 760, Canada Rig Count is up 7 from last week to 208.

Germany, which has the European Union’s biggest economy, and other countries intend restarting mothballed coal-fired power plants and extending the life of their nuclear power plants to reduce their reliance on Russian gas and coal following its invasion of Ukraine.

The EU’s energy agency, Acer, has warned against tearing up the market structure. In a report in April, it said that the EU’s wholesale electricity markets work well under normal conditions, ensuring secure electricity supply.

Gazprom's gas exports to Europe have slumped in 2022, but record high gas prices meant the company was still able to post record revenues and net profit for the first half.

High spot LNG prices are causing end users to look to alternative fuels for their energy needs,