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Europe’s Appetite for U.S. Gas Fast-Tracks Two New Lng Projects
Date: April 1, 2022
By Marcy de Luna HOUSTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects took major steps toward launching this week as Russia’s threats to cut energy supplies to Europe drives up demand and prices for the super-chilled fuel. Developers Sempra Energy and New Fortress Energy Inc advanced agreements on separate projects, one of which...
China Decries UK Judges Quitting Hk Court, London Says Democracy at Stake
Date: March 31, 2022
By Farah Master and Kirsty Needham HONG KONG/SYDNEY (Reuters) -China on Thursday blamed the resignation of two senior British judges from Hong Kong’s highest court on “British pressure” against a sweeping national security law which makes dissent in the former British colony a crime punishable by jail. But British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, in a...
Russia Sets Deadline for Rouble Gas Payments, Europe Calls It ‘blackmail’
Date: March 31, 2022
By Joseph Nasr and Mark Trevelyan BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding foreign buyers pay for Russian gas in roubles from Friday or else have their supplies cut, a move European capitals rejected and which Berlin said amounted to “blackmail”. Putin’s move, via a decree signed on Thursday, leaves Europe facing the...
Russia to Keep Gas Contract Prices Unchanged in Rouble Switch, Sources Says
Date: March 30, 2022
(Reuters) – Russia plans to keep a contract price for gas exports to “unfriendly” countries unchanged but the payment should be done in the rouble equivalent on a pre-agreed settlement day, as one of the options to switch the currency, two Russian sources said. President Vladimir Putin has said Russia, the world’s top natural gas...
Ukraine Says Russia Planting Mines in Black Sea as Shipping Perils Grow
Date: March 30, 2022
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of planting mines in the Black Sea and said some of those munitions had to be defused off Turkey and Romania as risks to vital merchant shipping in the region grow. The Black Sea is a major shipping route for grain, oil and oil...
Factbox-EU Nations’ Measures in Case Russian Gas Supply Stops
Date: March 30, 2022
By Nina Chestney (Reuters) – Germany triggered an emergency plan to manage gas supplies on Wednesday that could see Europe’s largest economy ration power if a standoff over a Russian demand to pay for fuel with roubles disrupts or halts supplies. Here are other countries’ plans and measures: EUROPEAN UNION The European Union has rules...