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Qatar’s ability to send LNG to Europe is limited now

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QATAR

Long-term contracts with Asian customers tie up the vast majority of Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG). However, a limited volume of gas can be supplied now that the European…

Russian gas supply to EU will intertwine with politics

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RUSSIA

Worries over supply shortages persist despite President Vladimir Putin's promise to increase deliveries. Russian output is close to the limit of current capacity and domestic…

Ukraine war challenges Germany's climate commitments

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GERMANY

The government has committed to building new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, buying gas from new partners and boosting investment in renewables. However, the role accorded…

Central Europe is cutting dependence on Russian energy

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EASTERN EUROPE

The four Visegrad (V4) countries -- Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia and Poland -- have built up gas stocks to prepare for the winter. Once the EU states most dependent on Russian gas…

Russia's Baltic pipeline nearly ready but risks remain

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RUSSIA

Despite this, Biden indicated no change in the US position after a bilateral agreement with Germany effectively paved the way to completing the pipeline. Technically, Nord Stream…

Germany is close to entering a recession

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GERMANY

Berlin believes that supply via the pipeline will decline significantly or end completely after the maintenance work. Consumer confidence in July reached an historic low…

Prospects for EU to end-2022

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PROSPECTS H2 2022

Prospects for EU to end-2022.

Russia likely to scale down but not end EU gas supply

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RUSSIA

Moscow blames technical delays but this is only the latest in a series of supply slowdowns that EU leaders believe are entirely political: a means of punishing European states for…

Russian gas cut would hurt EU’s eastern members most

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EASTERN EUROPE

Energy exports have been Russia’s potent weapon against Europe since the Ukraine war began. When NS1 closed for maintenance in July, fears mounted that flows would not resume…

FSRUs will only offset some of Europe’s gas troubles

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EUROPE

They are a critical tool in offsetting the fall in Russian pipeline gas imports, but are insufficient on their own to make up for the lost supply. They are also only one link in…