The European Commission is discussing the introduction of an import quota of zero for Russian gas, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

With prices linked to Henry Hub, market sources suggested that the cargoes are likely coming from the US. This is likely the first US LNG SPA signed by a Chinese company since the announcement of China's tariffs on US LNG.

Since 2019 China’s energy system seems to be undergoing significant shifts.

Turkey has discovered 75 billion cubic meters of natural gas worth $30 billion dollars in the Black Sea, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Then the ACCC weighed in again in late March, warning, ‘the east coast outlook for Quarter 3 2025 has worsened. The market will need access to LNG producers’ uncontracted gas to mitigate the risk of shortfall’.

Rising domestic demand, hot summers and rapidly deteriorating local production mean Egypt needs to buy increasing volumes of LNG.

Ожидаемый объём недополученных нефтегазовых доходов федерального бюджета прогнозируется в мае 2025 года в размере 12,3 млрд руб.

"Despite the significant progress achieved under the REPowerEU Plan and via sanctions since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in 2024 the EU saw a rebound in Russian gas imports," the EC said. "More coordinated actions are therefore needed, as the EU's overdependency on Russian energy imports is a security threat."

Russia currently delivers gas to China via the Power of Siberia 1 pipeline, which is part of a US$400 billion, 30-year agreement between Gazprom and China’s CNPC which was signed in 2014.

Gas plays a crucial role in the energy transition by replacing higher-carbon energy sources and as a partner to renewable energy.

The 1337 second-long plasma record came just a few weeks after China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) set a previous world record by maintaining steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for 1066 seconds.

Стороны обсудили энергетическое сотрудничество во всех отраслях топливно-энергетического комплекса. Ключевой темой встречи стали перспективы расширения поставок российских энергоресурсов в КНР. Были отмечены достигнутые результаты по поставкам природного газа из России в Китай.

Overall delivery of US LNG shipments in the first quarter of 2025 fell by 70%, according to Chinese official custom data released on Sunday.

Japan faces substantial challenges in managing its energy trade deficit and high end-user costs while aggressively pursuing decarbonization targets amidst geopolitical tensions. There are significant concerns about Japan's ability to meet its emissions targets, casting doubts on its broader 2050 decarbonization plans.

The Vietnamese Government has approved Vietnam’s revised National Electricity Development Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050 (PDP8), which now integrates the development of nuclear energy.