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Algeria Regains Spot as Spain’s Top Natural Gas Source -Enagas
Date: February 10, 2023
MADRID (Reuters) – Algeria regained its place as Spain’s main supplier of natural gas in January, providing a quarter of monthly demand, gas grid operator Enagas said on Thursday. While the North African country had accounted for the largest volumes of monthly gas shipments to Spain since Enagas records started in 2006, it fell to...
Russian Threat to Baltic Security Rising – Estonian Intelligence Report
Date: February 8, 2023
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Estonia’s Foreign Intelligence Service said it believed Russia still had the strength to exert “credible military pressure” on the Baltic region, where the security risk has risen for the medium and long-term. NATO and the European Union members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – the so-called Baltic states – have...
Lost Russian Oil Revenue Is Bonanza for Shippers, Refiners
Date: February 8, 2023
By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Chen Aizhu and Nidhi Verma LONDON (Reuters) -Western sanctions on Russia have significantly reduced state oil revenues and diverted tens of billions of dollars towards shipping and refining firms, some with Russian connections. Most of the winners from the sanctions are based in China, India, Greece and the United Arab Emirates, at...
UK and EU Reach post-Brexit Customs Deal for N.Ireland-The Times
Date: February 1, 2023
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain and the European Union have struck a customs deal that could help end post-Brexit wrangling over Northern Ireland, The Times newspaper said on Tuesday, and Brussels has also made a key concession on the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) role. The EU has accepted a plan that would avoid the need for...
Oil Steadies as U.S. Recession Worries Offset China Recovery Hopes
Date: January 18, 2023
By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices were little changed on Wednesday after giving up earlier gains as the market balanced worries about a possible U.S. recession versus optimism that the lifting of China’s COVID-19 curbs will fuel demand in the world’s top oil importer. Brent futures fell 22 cents, or 0.3%, to $85.70...
Growing Tensions Between Asian Palm Oil Producers and the European Union
Date: January 13, 2023
(Reuters) – Malaysia on Thursday said it could stop exports to the European Union in response to a new law the EU says is aimed at protecting forests by restricting palm oil imports. The EU has in recent years imposed several rules to regulate palm imports after concluding its cultivation results in excessive deforestation, raising...