The project to construct a new gas pipeline with a capacity of 63 billion cubic meters from Russia to Turkey has entered the execution stage, Russian energy giant Gazprom has said by a written statement on late Feb. 24.

There was no clear answer to the question of where LNG for Europe might come from in a session devoted to the topic at the European Gas Conference in Vienna, Austria, but that didn't mean that panel participants were unable to provide a wealth of information and insights to the discussion.

Ukraine has agreed to increase the cost of gas to consumer by 280 percent, and 66 percent for heating, as part of the IMF terms for getting extra financial aid, says Valery Gontareva the head of the National Bank of Ukraine.

Shale gas and tight oil are commercially produced in just four countries

The United States, in contrast, showed robust economic and employment growth in 2014, which is forecast to continue through 2015.

BHI: US rig count continues 11-week dive, loses 98 more units

An independent Dutch safety panel has found that the operators of Europe’s largest natural gas field, Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil, as well as the Dutch government, for years ignored the dangers posed by earthquakes in the field.

Brent crude oil prices will average $58/bbl in 2015 and $75/bbl in 2016

Crude oil prices moved higher toward the end of January and into the first week of February.

“So, fundamentally, the crisis in oil prices in 2014 – is just a ripple on the water compared to the oversupply tsunami of 1985. The amount of excess capacity is five times less. Operating costs are 2-3 times higher. Instead of a deep drop in demand – a growth is recorded. The rate of decline in marginal production – is ten times higher. There is a clear unbalance between fundamental drivers and the observed price dynamics” - highlighted Rosneft Head.

The United States will remain the world’s top source of oil supply growth up to 2020, even after the recent collapse in prices, the International Energy Agency said, defying expectations of a more dramatic slowdown in shale growth.

EIA expects gasoline demand to increase by nearly 1% in 2015

Saudi Arabia budget insulated from effects of lower oil prices

Russia's Yamal LNG sees global liquefied gas deficit by 2018

The United States and Russia are once more locked in what could be a generation-defining conflict, and Europe is yet again the core battleground. But this Cold War reprise isn’t about military supremacy.