"To pay in rubles -- if this is not foreseen in the contract -- is a breach of our sanctions. We have about 97% of all contracts that explicitly stipulate payments in euros or dollars," she said.

An oil price cap is one of a number of proposals being discussed as EU ambassadors prepare for talks in coming days about more sanctions on Moscow — the sixth such package since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine two months ago.

"As of the end of the business day on April 26, Gazprom Export had not received payments for gas supplies in April from Bulgargaz (Bulgaria) and PGNiG (Poland) in rubles," Gazprom said in a statement.

Shipments of Russian gas via the Ukrainian network have continued unaffected since Moscow's invasion on Feb. 24.

Technip’s involvement in Arctic LNG 2 is likely to be sharply cut beyond June.

In March 2022, China’s government released its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–25), which sets the domestic natural gas production target at 22.3 Bcf/d by 2025, or 3.0 Bcf/d more than domestic production in 2021.

Along with other systems, power utility infrastructure is getting smarter with built-in sensing and processing capabilities.

The contract, whose price is indexed on gas traded in Louisiana (United States) will start in 2025 and is expected to cover around 3% of South Korea's annual gas consumption.

Combined, Russia's seaborne crude and key oil products exports stood at 6.79 million b/d so far in April, down 640,000 b/d from 7.43 million b/d in February,

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 8.0 million barrels to 413.7 million barrels.

Compared to an year ago, China's imports from the Middle East was 5.35 million b/d, accounting for 47.1% of market share.

LNG exports will continue to lead the growth in U.S. natural gas exports and average 12.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2022.

China imported nearly 400,000 tonnes from Russia in February, and 264,000 tonnes in January.

Crude exports rose to 7.307 million b/d in February, the highest since the record 10.237 million b/d, from 6.996 million b/d in January, the JODI data published April 18 showed. Production climbed to 10.225 million b/d from 10.145 million b/d.

To meet the strong domestic demand, South Korea's LNG imports led by Kogas jumped 18% year on year to 4.992 million mt in March despite higher imports prices, as part of efforts to build up stockpiles amid rising import prices due to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia crisis.