Amid strong demand, Gazprom has substantially expanded its gas production: over the past 9.5 months of 2021, it went up by 56.7 billion cubic meters (or 16.6 per cent) against the same period of last year.

The Company's work in this promising direction will make it possible to strengthen the position of Gazprom in foreign markets and address in a more flexible manner the tasks related to providing reliable gas supplies to domestic consumers.

Chinese energy firms and government researchers expect a significant increase in gas demand for power generation and industrial sectors this winter as a nationwide coal supply crunch and power outtages drive up demand for alternative fuels.

The increase in supply should help alleviate some of the price pressure in the domestic gas market as trucked LNG prices have soared to more than Yuan 7,000/mt ($1,093.82/mt), imported LNG remains over $30/MMBtu in the spot market and wider energy shortages persist amid cold weather.

On Tuesday, Moldova received a million cubic meters of gas from Poland in a move aimed at diversifying its energy supply following years of strong Russian influence over the small European nation of 3.5 million people.

Kremlin-controlled Gazprom cut supplies to Moldova by one-third last month following the end of a long-term contract and demanded more than double the previous terms to keep gas flowing.

In the third quarter of 2021, the Government Pension Fund Global returned 0.1 percent, equivalent to 31 billion kroner.

A meeting of the joint working group of Gazprom and the Government of Mongolia on the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the project for pipeline gas supplies from Russia to China across Mongolia took place today in Ulan-Bator, Mongolia.

In 2018, China became the world's 2nd largest LNG importer in the world behind Japan. LNG imports amounted to 90.5 bcm in 2020 (+12%). Australia is the largest LNG supplier (44%), followed by Qatar (12%) and Malaysia (9%).

The projects were unveiled as part of Rio Tinto’s newly announced plans to spend $US7.5 billion ($A10 billion) slashing its scope 1 and scope 2 emissions by half by 2030.

Gazprom’s gas supplies to Turkey soared by 125.3% year-on-year between Jan. 1-Oct. 15, the data showed, while exports to Germany and Italy were up 28.2% and 16.3.% from a year ago, respectively.

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Rosatom is implementing a project to build a plant for the production of hydrogen from natural gas in the Sakhalin Region. It is expected that the production volume will be from 30,000 to 100,000 tons a year.

Russia has repeatedly said that the early launch of Nord Stream 2 would help ease the current high gas prices in Europe, which have soared in recent weeks on intensifying concerns over winter gas supply amid lower-than-expected Russian deliveries.

Speaking at Russian Energy Week, Novak also said the Nord Stream 2 pipeline would be ready to begin commercial operations "in the coming days" but that its startup still depended on winning approval from European regulators.