In July 2021, the Brazilian president signed into law the basic text of a bill allowing the privatisation of Eletrobras, following approvals of the text by the Chamber of Deputies in May 2021 and the Senate in June 2021.

Some key questions include how much gas or LNG will move from North America to Europe and how much gas demand will move in the opposite direction and when it comes to Europe,

The Russian economy ministry forecasts an average Urals price of $80.10/b in 2022.

Egypt has an electricity capacity of 62 GW (at the end of 2021), 80% of which is from gas and 10% from oil.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a Notice of Intent (NOI) to fund the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s $3.5 billion program to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution directly from the air.

The energy transition to net zero emissions will likely take longer than planned, and the cost will be much higher than most realize.

In early April, the government published its Energy Security Strategy, setting out its ambitions for eight new reactors, plus small modular reactors, helping to produce 24 GWe of nuclear generating capacity by 2050, representing about 25% of the UK's projected electricity demand.

Aramco announces first quarter 2022 results Net income: $39.5 billion (Q1 2021: $21.7 billion)

There have been ongoing talks on the Russian Oil ban by the EU with more developments as the week progresses.

In mid-April, the bidding process for a new $6 billion pot of nuclear bailout money opened up.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $2.3 billion for three efforts to advance diverse carbon management approaches that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution, address the impacts of climate change, and create good-paying jobs while prioritizing community engagement and environmental justice.

19 GW of new wind projects were financed in the European Union, well below the required rate of 32 GW/year to meet the current 40% renewable energy targets by 2030.

In support of these goals, the Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 3/4 to 1 percent and anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate.

Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka's exposure to wildfires, floods, major storms and also water shortages mean South Asia has 10%-18% of GDP at risk, roughly treble that of North America and 10 times more than the least-affected region, Europe.

For the year ended December 31, 2021 profit attributable to the owners of PJSC Gazprom amounted to RUB 2,093,071 million.