The share of imports from Russia has likely risen because of lower imports into China and shifting trade patterns following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Western economic sanctions have reduced demand for Russian crude oil, and as a result, have left Russia to look for alternative export destinations.

Indian Oil Corp. issued an LNG tender seeking an Oct. 7-8 DES Dahej cargo, while GAIL issued a tender seeking four Oct. 1-Nov. 14 DES cargoes. The tenders closed Sept. 15.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 1.1 million barrels to 430.8 million barrels.

Russia is still the biggest source of the trade bloc's shipped crude with more than 1.2 million b/d of imports landing in the region in early September, the data shows, little changed on the month.

Gazprom produced 300.8 billion cubic meters of gas from January 1 through September 15, 2022. This is a decrease of 15.9 per cent (or 56.8 billion cubic meters) versus the same period of last year.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 2.4 million barrels to 429.6 million barrels.

This year has already seen Russia-China energy cooperation increase significantly. Oil and gas deliveries to China have risen since Russia's invasion began in February, and new supply and infrastructure deals were signed a few weeks before Russia's invasion was launched.

World oil demand growth in 2022 remained unchanged from the previous month’s assessment at a healthy level of 3.1 mb/d. For 2023, the forecast for world oil demand growth also remained unchanged from the previous month’s assessment to 2.7 mb/d.

So far, in 2022, spot electricity prices are five to ten times higher than in previous years. On August 22, the daily spot market price for Germany exceeded 600 EUR/MWh, 15 times the average of the 2010s.

Germany doesn’t support a price cap on Russia gas because some countries are still dependent on those supplies, Economy Minister Robert Habeck told reporters in Brussels.

Глава российского энергетического ведомства отметил, что в газовой сфере ключевым проектом остаётся газопровод «Сила Сибири-2», через который планируется поставлять газ через Монголию в Китай.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 8.8 million barrels to 427.2 million barrels.

They reaffirmed their commitment to expand trade and economic relations, including promoting joint strategic projects in energy.

В центре внимания было дальнейшее развитие совместных проектов по добыче и переработке газа на Сахалине, в частности в рамках СРП «Сахалин-2», а также по проектам «Арктик СПГ 2» и «Ямал СПГ».

В январе-августе 2022 года «Газпром», по предварительным данным, добыл 288,1 млрд куб. м газа. Это на 14,6% (на 49,1 млрд куб. м) меньше, чем в прошлом году.