China's natural gas imports also fell, by 9.9% to 109.25 Mt in 2022 (121.26 Mt in 2021). LNG imports dropped by 19% to 64.13 Mt in 2022 (79.3 Mt in 2021). Similarly, China’s coal imports fell 9.2% to 293.2 Mt in 2022 (335 Mt in 2021).

Despite the adoption of the Versailles Declaration in March 2022, when leaders of the 27 EU member states pledged to phase out the EU’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels as soon as possible, imports of Russian LNG increased by 12% in 2022 compared to 2021.

According to the EU-US announcement, EU commission aims to increase annual demand for American LNG by 50BCM by the end of 2030 and procure 15BCM more in 2022,

Кроме этого, российскую энергетику в целом отличает высокая доля экологически чистых источников энергии (39,3% – это низкоуглеродная электрогенерация, из них на АЭС приходится 19,7 %, ГЭС – 19,1%, ВИЭ – 0,5%). Еще 47,7% электрической энергии вырабатывается на основе природного газа, выбросы углекислого газа от которого также крайне низкие.

"Investment in new nuclear is a no-regrets option given expected increase in power demand and retirement of existing plants," the report said.

It is no secret that the coal industry has a powerful presence in South Africa. The state-owned utility Eskom is the largest contributor to our country's greenhouse gas emissions.

Brent had fallen 33 cents, or 0.4%, to $83.70 a barrel, WTI slipped 20 cents, or 0.3%, to $78.19.

That would take consumption to an all-time high of about 16 million barrels a day, the survey showed.

China's LPG imports over January-November 2022 rose 7% on the year to 24.2 million mt, led by supply from the US, the UAE, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, customs data showed.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi.