According to Der Spiegel, there are fewer and fewer signs that Germany’s prolonged stagnation will automatically give way to a phase of strong economic expansion.
According to Bloomberg’s assessment, foreign state-owned companies — above all from China and Russia — now appear to be among the most exposed if Venezuela’s oil agreements are revised or rewritten.
According to Bloomberg, pricing has been the decisive factor behind the sharp rise in shipments.
Oil prices on Monday extended last week’s gains as the market simultaneously digests mounting pressure on Russian supplies and forecasts of a surplus toward the end of the year.
Speaking on Friday in Brussels after a series of meetings with European officials, Wright stressed that it is safer and more advantageous for Europe to obtain energy “from friends.”
Germany has faced a sharp spike in electricity prices amid weak renewable generation and surging costs of carbon allowances.
The debate over the price of money and the risks of cooling the economy is coming to the fore ahead of the next central bank meeting on September 12.
Beijing has moved Russia’s Power of Siberia-2 pipeline closer to reality and signaled its willingness to receive LNG from the sanctioned Arctic LNG-2 project.
Russia and China have moved closer to an agreement on the long-standing Power of Siberia-2 gas-pipeline project, which is meant to significantly increase Russian gas supplies to the PRC.
At a recent meeting with cabinet members, President Vladimir Putin forcefully raised the need to normalize monetary policy and secure industrial growth.
If confirmed, this would mark the first such delivery amid Moscow’s efforts to sustain energy exports, Bloomberg notes.
Nayara is a major player in India: its refinery of about 400,000 barrels per day accounts for 8% of the country’s processing capacity, and its network of filling stations covers roughly 7% of the retail fuel market.
According to analysts at Kpler and Energy Aspects, Chinese companies have already bought between 10 and 15 cargoes of Urals for October and November delivery — significantly more than their usual intake.
