The prospective deal would be the first of its kind between the countries and continues the expansion of Russia's reach in global energy markets and LNG competition with the United States.

Rosatom currently supplies 100% of enriched uranium for the Angra NPP and provides the Brazilian market with medical isotopes for cancer diagnosis and treatment,

The then US President Joe Biden's Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act came into force in August 2024 and lasts until 2040.

The European Commission is discussing the introduction of an import quota of zero for Russian gas, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Despite the global push for transition to cleaner sources of energy, India’s crude oil refining capacity is set to expand — to 450 million tons by the end of the decade from about 250 million tons now — on the back of growing domestic and overseas demand for oil products.

The signing of the memorandum was the result of ongoing joint work between the Institute and Brazilian scientific organisations.

In view of the current healthy market fundamentals, as reflected in the low oil inventories, and in accordance with the decision agreed upon on 5 December 2024 to start a gradual and flexible return of the 2.2 million barrels per day voluntary adjustments starting from 1 April 2025, the eight participating countries will implement a production adjustment of 411 thousand barrels per day in June 2025 from May 2025 required production level.

"Despite the significant progress achieved under the REPowerEU Plan and via sanctions since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in 2024 the EU saw a rebound in Russian gas imports," the EC said. "More coordinated actions are therefore needed, as the EU's overdependency on Russian energy imports is a security threat."

The discussion centred on new approaches to the efficient allocation of nuclear energy resources, current industry trends and prospects for cooperation between participating countries for balanced global development and energy security.

According to CCI data, the largest monthly increase in April was shown by shipments through the port of Kozmino +17.79%, 139 thousand tons per day.

Russia currently delivers gas to China via the Power of Siberia 1 pipeline, which is part of a US$400 billion, 30-year agreement between Gazprom and China’s CNPC which was signed in 2014.

Vietnam and Russia have also agreed to boost cooperation in oil and gas industries, including the provision of Russian crude oil and liquefied natural gas to Vietnam, according to the joint statement.

India’s imports of Russian crude are on track to hit 2.15 million barrels a day in April, the biggest monthly volume since May 2023, according to data from Kpler. Shipments have climbed since tumbling to a 14-month low in February.

The ministry envisages in its baseline scenario of economic forecasts for 2025 that the average price for Brent will be at $68 per barrel, down from the $81.7 per barrel it assumed in its September forecasts,

The two sides discussed cooperation within the OPEC+ framework and the energy sector, including electricity, hydropower and renewables. Three coal-fired thermal power plants will be built in Kazakhstan in the cities of Kokshetau, Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk, and two power units at Ekibastuz TPP-2 will be renovated with the involvement of Russian specialists.