ROSATOM signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with Framatome SAS (France) and GE Steam Power in the framework of the strategic investor selection procedure for the Belene Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Bulgaria.

Nord Stream 2 has asked -- as a precautionary measure -- for an amendment to its Danish pipelaying permit to allow the potential use of pipelay ships that use anchors for positioning.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved today an 18-month Stand-by Arrangement for Ukraine, with access equivalent to SDR 3.6 billion (about US$5 billion or 179 percent of quota).

Turkey imported 2.06 billion cubic meters of LNG in March

Gazprom will not renew a gas transit deal with Poland, which expires in May 2020.

Supplies to China continue at around 9 million cu m/d through the landmark pipeline -- the first direct link for Russian gas to reach China by pipeline.

The Turkish lira has lost some 18% this year under pressure from the novel coronavirus, which has killed 3,641 people in Turkey.

Oil slid to $25 a barrel on Wednesday, within sight of its lowest in 18 years,

gas prices in Europe and Asia have collapsed to record lows, while the U.S. Henry Hub benchmark tumbled to its lowest since 1995.

As for last year's production volumes, we produced 500.1 billion cubic meters of gas and exported 199.3 billion cubic meters. The latter figure is slightly lower than in 2018, which was marked by a record 201.8 billion cubic meters. We also preserved our share in the European market at 35.6 per cent.

European gas stock levels for both January and February 2020 were the highest ever recorded for those months.

Significant volumes of Russian gas currently are transited to Germany via Poland, which are a key revenue generator for the country.

Rolls-Royce and its consortium partners have designed the UK SMR, a small pressurised water reactor that they say will be able to operate for 60 years and provide 400–450 MWe.

Construction works on the 55 Bcm/year Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline linking Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea were abruptly interrupted in late December after the US government implemented new sanctions threatening measures against contractors building the project.

Bulgaria imports 2.9 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia per year under a long-term contract valid through 2022.