In October, OPEC and its partners took the unusual step of assigning fixed production targets for a full year ahead. Key officials have indicated they intend to leave the quotas unchanged throughout 2023, and the comments from Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman are the most emphatic to date.

Gas markets are in “better shape than many expected one year ago,” IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said. “But the reality is that winter 2023-2024 is likely to be the real test.”

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 января по 14 февраля 2023 года составила $50,51 за баррель, или $368,7 за тонну.

Canadian and Polish nuclear regulators have extended their cooperation under a newly signed memorandum on joint activities in the field of small modular reactors (SMRs)

Last month, South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries announced it had completed the conceptual design for the CMSR Power Barge - a floating nuclear power plant based on compact MSRs It also obtained the basic certification of the design from the American Bureau of Shipping.

The NSTX-U is the flagship fusion facility at the US Department of Energy's PPPL.

The wind project is currently under development near the Port of Newcastle and will be situated in proximity of energy transmission infrastructure.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 16.3 million barrels to 471.4 million barrels.

Brent slid $1.13, or 1.3%, to $84.45 a barrel, WTI dropped $1.31, or 1.7% to $77.75.

Nonetheless, the IEA said global oil markets will likely remain in surplus in the first half of the year amid surprisingly robust output from Russia.