Gas prices may have dropped, but are still almost double their five-year average for the time of year.

Despite the adoption of the Versailles Declaration in March 2022, when leaders of the 27 EU member states pledged to phase out the EU’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels as soon as possible, imports of Russian LNG increased by 12% in 2022 compared to 2021.

According to the EU-US announcement, EU commission aims to increase annual demand for American LNG by 50BCM by the end of 2030 and procure 15BCM more in 2022,

Кроме этого, российскую энергетику в целом отличает высокая доля экологически чистых источников энергии (39,3% – это низкоуглеродная электрогенерация, из них на АЭС приходится 19,7 %, ГЭС – 19,1%, ВИЭ – 0,5%). Еще 47,7% электрической энергии вырабатывается на основе природного газа, выбросы углекислого газа от которого также крайне низкие.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi.

Ожидаемый объем недополученных нефтегазовых доходов федерального бюджета прогнозируется в январе 2023 года в размере -54,5 млрд руб.

The two icebreakers, with a power capacity of 60 MWe each, are scheduled to be completed in 2028 and 2030.

LNG deliveries to Europe have helped ease an energy crisis this winter after Russian piped supply slumped.

The discussion covered issues related to further expanding economic ties, primarily in energy, with the priority being strategically significant projects like the creation of a regional natural gas hub in Turkiye and the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant.

Dutch front-month futures, the European benchmark, rose 4.3% to €72.50 a megawatt-hour at 8:55 a.m. in Amsterdam. The UK equivalent contract was 7.1% higher.

Germany exported around 501 TWh of natural gas in 2022 (749 TWh in 2021). As a result, at 948 TWh, more natural gas was available in Germany in 2022 than in 2021 (902 TWh).

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в январе-декабре 2022 года сложилась в размере $76,09 за баррель, в январе-декабре 2021 года — $69,0 за баррель.

Russia said Dec. 28 it will ban crude supplies to countries that observe the G7's $60/b price cap from Feb. 1 for five months. The retaliatory move, which applies at all stages of supply to the final buyer, had been widely flagged by Russia and expected by the global oil market.

Dutch front-month futures, the European gas benchmark traded 2% higher at to €66.30 per megawatt-hour by 12 p.m. in Amsterdam. The UK equivalent contract also rose. German power for next month increased 2.3% to €166 per megawatt-hour.

"The TTF month-ahead settlement price for derivatives is by far the most widely used benchmark in gas supply contracts across the EU, followed by maturities of two-month ahead and year ahead," it states.