"The EU's decisions to partially phase out Russian oil and oil products, as well as to ban the insurance of Russian merchant ships, are highly likely to provoke further price increases, destabilize energy markets, and disrupt supply chains," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Asia is expected to account for about 40% of global incremental crude runs in 2022, with the US and Europe accounting for about 30% and 18%, respectively.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 5.1 million barrels to 414.7 million barrels.

Another group of officials, many based at Janet Yellen’s Treasury Department, worry about further strains on a global economy already suffering from supply-chain woes, inflation, volatile oil prices and a potential food crisis.

Gas exports to the countries beyond the FSU amounted to 61 billion cubic meters, which is 27.6 per cent (or 23.2 billion cubic meters) lower than the figure for the same period of 2021.

Gazprom completely suspends gas supplies to Shell Energy Europe Limited due to failure to pay in rubles

Gazprom completely suspends gas supplies to Denmark’s Orsted Salg & Service A/S due to failure to pay in rubles

First proposed on May 4, the EU's sixth sanctions package against Russia was designed to ban its crude imports into the bloc within six months and halt flows of its oil products by the year-end to help hit Moscow's oil revenues.

In late April, Urals cargoes for late May or early June delivery were trading at a discount of around $5-6/b to benchmark ICE Brent crude futures on a DES Shandong basis,

While many Western buyers are avoiding Russian crude in response to its invasion of Ukraine, Indian private refiners such as Reliance and Nayara have been among the biggest buyers this year of discounted Russian supplies.

Gazprom completely suspends gas supplies to Netherlands’ GasTerra B.V. due to failure to pay in rubles

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said May 30 he wants a complete exemption from the European Union's plans to ban Russian oil imports

"The sanctions will immediately impact 75% of Russian oil imports. And by the end of the year, 90% of the Russian oil imported in Europe will be banned," Michel said in a tweet after a summit meeting.

Ultimately the quality of our lives depends – in large part – on the critical infrastructure we rely on every day.

A key focus of 40107 is around the digitalization of utilities and encouraging investment in new technologies, like smart grid capabilities and utility analytics, that can lead to faster, more intelligent, and automated decision-making and promote resiliency.