NORSAR: Balticconnector pipeline between Finland and Estonia damaged by explosion
Balticconnector ensures gas transportation between Finland, Estonia, and Latvia, helping these NATO countries reduce dependence on Russian gas.
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Ukraine’s state company opened 58 new gas wells in 2023, making Ukraine independent from gas imports
New gas wells have a total average daily output of 5.3 million cubic meters of natural gas. Ukraine's Naftogaz company says Ukraine will pass the 2023-2024 winter without imported gas for the first time ever.
Over 40 European energy firms turn to Ukrainian facilities to store gas for winter
The companies transport their gas to Ukraine amid almost full European facilities and competitive prices.
Ukraine regains control of two Black Sea drilling rigs occupied by Russia in 2014
Ukraine has retaken two strategic drilling platforms off the Crimean coast, occupied by Russia since 2014 and used for military purposes during the full-scale invasion, Ukraine's intelligence agency says.
Ukraine uncovers new gas field with potential of billions of cubic meters
"Naftogaz Ukraine," the largest company in Ukraine by its share of GDP and a leading entity within the…
How Ukraine’s Naftogaz plans to make Russia pay $5bn for Crimea seizures
The Arbitration Tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has ordered that Russia pay Naftogaz…
LNG shipments from Russia rose to highest since March
Russian liquefied natural gas shipments increased in October to nearly a record, illustrating how the world is struggling…
Czech protesters call for new government, gas from Russia
Thousands of Czechs protested on 28 October, demanding the center-right government step down to allow an early election…
Ukraine asks US for “gas lend-lease”
Ukraine's PM Shmyhal: “The appeal of the government of Ukraine to the government of the United States of…
Germany tries to wrench a turbine out of Canada’s sanctions. It should press on Russia instead
A drama is unfolding around a Siemens turbine stuck in Canada. It was sent to Canada for repairs…
Amid Russian energy war, government denies expert warnings that Ukraine may face electricity and heating cuts
Currently, nuclear power plants cover 60% of electricity generation in Ukraine. This is up from 52% in 2020…
Ukraine teams up with Qatar in the gas sector
On April 5, Ukraine’s acting minister of energy, Yuriy Vitrenko, and his Qatari counterpart, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, signed…
Can the vessel Akademik Cherskiy finish Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction?
At the beginning of October 2020, the Akademik Cherskiy—the only Russian pipe-laying ship capable of completing the construction…
Russia pushes to complete Nord Stream 2 challenging US sanctions
While the United States struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, Russia has deployed two pipe-laying vessels to the Baltic…
Portnikov: The break in Putin’s pipe
According to the organizers of the commissioning ceremony of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, the participation of Vladimir…
Portnikov: Who in Ukraine is being bribed by Putin and Gazprom?
Even if literally the next day after the press release about reaching an agreement between Russia and Ukraine…
Portnikov: Why Berlin saves Putin’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
The German tabloid Bild informed its readers about the decision by the Bundestag's ruling coalition to change the…
Black Sea gas deposits – an overlooked reason for Russia’s occupation of Crimea
The Ukrainian patrol ship “Hryhoriy Kuropiatnykov” slowly leaves the port of Odesa. Aboard the vessel, there are more…
The secret Soviet council which established the Kremlin’s gas monopoly on Europe
About the author Ivan Diyak is a corresponding member of the Academy of Mining Sciences, an acting member…
Renewed Naftogaz-Gazprom tensions after Stockholm arbitration
The Stockholm arbitral awards The much-awaited arbitral awards from the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce…