Freeport LNG is one of seven LNG export facilities operating in the United States.

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will enact the “alarm” phase of the plan when he speaks at 10 a.m. local time Thursday on energy and supply security.

Germany, which relies on Russia for more than a third of its gas supplies, enacted the initial “early warning” phase at the end of March, when the Kremlin’s demands for payment in rubles prompted Germany to brace for a potential cutoff in supply.

The Persian Gulf state, one of the world’s top LNG exporters, will demand that EU nations sign long-term contracts,

Qatar Energy (QE) has selected Eni and ConocoPhillips to partner on the 32 Mt/year North Field East (NFE) LNG project in Qatar.

The US remained China's biggest LPG supplier, sending 648,155 mt in May, but the volume dropped by 13.8% month on month, and fell by 16.3% year on year, customs data showed.

Non-sanctioning countries including India and China have significantly increased imports of Russian oil since the invasion began Feb. 24, taking advantage of major price discounts.

Crude imports rose 55% from a year ago to 8.42 million tons, with Russia overtaking Saudi Arabia as China’s main source of oil, according to customs data released on Monday.

Gazprom's gas supplies to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period from January 1 to June 15, 2022, increased by 55.5 per cent compared to the same period of 2021.

Asian buyers will also be competing directly with European LNG importers looking to meet an EU target of filling gas storage to 80% of capacity by Nov. 1.

"We see that we have a fairly significant increase in June compared to May, up around 600,000 b/d," Novak said on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum,

Compared to pre-war levels in January and February, Russia's shipped crude exports from June 1-15 rose by 576,000 b/d to average about 3.88 million b/d,

European nations have for months feared Russian supply cuts in retaliation for sanctions aimed at Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

According to preliminary data, Gazprom produced 226 billion cubic meters of gas from January 1 through June 15, 2022. This is a decrease of 6.4 per cent (or 15.5 billion cubic meters) versus the same period of last year.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 2.0 million barrels to 418.7 million barrels.