В центре внимания было дальнейшее развитие совместных проектов по добыче и переработке газа на Сахалине, в частности в рамках СРП «Сахалин-2», а также по проектам «Арктик СПГ 2» и «Ямал СПГ».

The length of the barge under construction in China will be 140 metres and the width 30 metres. The weight of the hull without equipment will be 9,549 tons and with equipment 19,088 tons. It is planned that the hull will be delivered to Russia by the end of 2023 for the completion and installation of the reactors and other equipment.

India has emerged as a key buyer of Russian energy in the wake of the invasion, scooping up millions of barrels of discounted crude shunned by Europe and the US.

High spot LNG prices are causing end users to look to alternative fuels for their energy needs,

Tokyo Gas and Japan's largest power generation company JERA said previously that they have signed new LNG supply agreements on the same terms as previous agreements. Sources said that new contracts were required due to the change of operator.

Under the blueprint for the country’s electricity supply through 2036, South Korea plans to produce 201.7 TWh of electricity thanks to nuclear power by 2030.

Japan's biggest city gas supplier Tokyo Gas Co Ltd has signed a long-term contract with a new Russian operator of Sakhalin-2 energy project to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG), a spokesperson for the Japanese company said on Tuesday.

Alexander Korchagin, Atomstroyexport senior vice president for NPP construction project management, said the El Dabaa project - where construction formally began last month - is an attractive project for international companies. KHNP is joining a pool of qualified participants in the construction works, including major Egyptian companies, he added.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has recently called for Japan to work to restart its idled nuclear power reactors and to look into an expansion of nuclear energy as the country tackles a crisis of tight power supply and demand.

Since then, the public has been skeptical about nuclear power and Japan has made strict safety updates at plants throughout the country.

The Philippines built a nuclear power plant in the late 1970s, but the project was stopped in 1986, and fuel was not loaded into it.

Russia is now China’s top supplier of the fuel, supplanting Indonesia after the Southeast Asian nation deterred buyers by raising prices.

Russia's crude exports rose by 140,000 b/d on the month to average 3.36 million b/d from Aug 1-16 to remain above pre-war levels for the fifth month in a row,

According to preliminary data, Gazprom produced 274.8 billion cubic meters of gas from January 1 through August 15, 2022. This is a decrease of 13.2 per cent (or 41.7 billion cubic meters) versus the same period of last year.

India currently has 22 operating nuclear reactors, totalling some 6795 MWe of capacity. A further eight units, totalling just over 6000 MWe, are under construction, and the Indian government is committed to growing nuclear capacity as part of its massive infrastructure development programme.