Ожидаемый объем недополученных нефтегазовых доходов федерального бюджета прогнозируется в январе 2023 года в размере -54,5 млрд руб.

The Brent crude oil price will average $83 per barrel (b) in 2023, down 18% from 2022, and continue to fall to $78/b in 2024 as global oil inventories build, putting downward pressure on crude oil prices.

LNG deliveries to Europe have helped ease an energy crisis this winter after Russian piped supply slumped.

Norway has pledged to do as much as it can to boost gas deliveries to Europe to help counter record high gas prices triggered by the war in Ukraine and much lower Russian supplies.

The discussion covered issues related to further expanding economic ties, primarily in energy, with the priority being strategically significant projects like the creation of a regional natural gas hub in Turkiye and the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant.

Dutch front-month futures, the European benchmark, rose 4.3% to €72.50 a megawatt-hour at 8:55 a.m. in Amsterdam. The UK equivalent contract was 7.1% higher.

Germany exported around 501 TWh of natural gas in 2022 (749 TWh in 2021). As a result, at 948 TWh, more natural gas was available in Germany in 2022 than in 2021 (902 TWh).

Dutch front-month futures, the European gas benchmark traded 2% higher at to €66.30 per megawatt-hour by 12 p.m. in Amsterdam. The UK equivalent contract also rose. German power for next month increased 2.3% to €166 per megawatt-hour.

The deals come as Japan’s government is reevaluating how it can enhance energy security in the face of a fuel crunch at home. Global LNG supply is slated to remain tight for years, which threatens to increase import costs and add to rising inflation.

"The TTF month-ahead settlement price for derivatives is by far the most widely used benchmark in gas supply contracts across the EU, followed by maturities of two-month ahead and year ahead," it states.

Russian sales of LNG doubled from a year earlier to 852,000 tons in November, despite a 5.4% decline in China’s total purchases of the super-chilled fuel, according to Chinese customs data.

Russia and Iran, under tremendous pressure from sanctions, are turning toward each other—and they’re both looking eastward, too.

Dutch front-month futures, Europe’s gas benchmark were down 1.3% at €114 a megawatt-hour at 8:51 a.m. in Amsterdam.

The deepwater Nargis block is located off the city of Arish on the Sinai Peninsula. It is one of four offshore exploration blocks off Egypt’s coast in which the US group Chevron holds operating interests, alongside with the Egyptian oil company Tharwa Petroleum.

Dutch front-month gas futures, a European benchmark, were 5% lower at €128 a megawatt-hour at 8:40 a.m. in Amsterdam.