While US gas production was largely unchanged in the 2020 to 2021 new year, production declines of varying magnitudes and durations were recorded over at least the five new year's prior, dating back to the 2015-2016 winter season.

Indonesia was expected to reach a 14.5% target of renewables in its energy mix by 2021

In 2021, China imported 513 Mt of crude oil (-5.4% compared to 2020), 27 Mt of refined products (-4%), 323 Mt of coal and lignite (+6.6%) and 121 Mt of natural gas (+19.9%),

Canada’s current energy and economic profile presents both challenges and opportunities in achieving these targets given its profile as a major producer, consumer and exporter of energy, and its northern climate.

After small drop in 2020, global electricity demand grew by 6% in 2021. It was the largest ever annual increase in absolute terms (over 1 500 TWh) and the largest percentage rise since 2010 after the financial crisis.

Japan has found "considerable gas shows" in a series of the country's funded drilling operations conducted by INPEX until the fiscal year 2019-20 (April-March), marking the first domestic project, which enters an exploration phase with the support of the government's geological structure surveys,

The country imported 3.862 million mt of LNG in December, down 9.3% from 4.257 million mt a year earlier, customs data showed Jan. 17.

Efforts to impose sanctions on the Nord Stream 2, an undersea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany that would give Moscow enormous leverage over Europe, have long drawn bipartisan support on Capitol Hill,

The Henry Hub prompt-month contract soared 60.80 cents to settle at $4.857/MMBtu Jan. 12, which is the highest price for a prompt-month contract since Nov. 26.

Habeck said it was “completely indisputable” Germany will need more gas-fired power plants as a “backup” solution in case supply from renewables isn't sufficient.

Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $71 per barrel (b) in 2021, and we forecast Brent prices will average $75/b in 2022 and $68/b in 2023.

National oil company Sinopec expects Chinese natural gas demand to reach 395 Bcm in 2022, up 7% from an estimated 370 Bcm in 2021, according to its research arm, Sinopec Economics & Development Research Institute.

In 2021, we produced 514.8 billion cubic meters of gas. This is the best result in the last 13 years.

In 2022, we expect 46.1 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric generating capacity to be added to the U.S. power grid,

"it is necessary to recognise that the fossil gas and nuclear energy sectors can contribute to the decarbonisation of the Union's economy."