After a fall of 1 million b/d in April, Russian oil production has risen by 200,000-300,000 b/d in May and will continue to increase next month

The Finnish transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid estimates that there is no threat to the sufficiency of electricity in the country since electricity imports from Russia covered about 10% of Finland’s total consumption before the suspension.

Gazprom produced 193.8 billion cubic meters of gas from January 1 through May 15, 2022. This is a decrease of 3.7 per cent (or 7.5 billion cubic meters) versus the same period of 2021.

Russian scientific institutes will begin testing fuel rods for small modular reactors (SMRs),

Engie and Gazprom have agreed on a solution in line with both companies' expectations in terms of currencies and with European sanctions.

Japanese manufacturers that use thermal coal for their own power generation have more than a month's worth of stocks, but a few manufacturers have a high dependency on Russian supply, according to the documents.

Средняя цена на нефть Urals за период мониторинга с 15 апреля 2022 года по 14 мая 2022 года составила $73,24 за баррель, или $534,6 за тонну.

Due to the ongoing geopolitical crisis, the EU member states have set up a purchasing platform for gas, LNG and hydrogen. In this way, one wants to become more independent of Russian energy imports and react against the strong price fluctuations of natural gas.

По состоянию на 1 мая 2022 г. объем ФНБ составил 11 005 374,1 млн. рублей, что эквивалентно 154 953,5 млн. долл. США,

The energy package due this week may include measures to address the increasing household costs and energy poverty.

Russia’s share of German crude consumption has already declined to 12% from about 35% before the war in Ukraine, according to the Economy Ministry in Berlin.

European gas prices were trading higher early May 12, with the TTF month-ahead price up at Eur105/MWh ($109.72/MWh) as of 0815 GMT, according to ICE data.

Germany, Russia's top client in Europe, said some subsidiaries of Gazprom Germania were receiving no gas because of the sanctions.

The monthly import profile for April, which following European wholesale front-month trade in March, saw sourcing from all parts of the world intensify, with Europe comfortably receiving its highest-ever volume for a single month. This was, however, paid for at a high price.

Moscow has imposed sanctions on the owner of the Polish part of the Yamal pipeline that carries Russian gas to Europe, as well as Gazprom's former German unit, whose subsidiaries help meet Europe's gas consumption.