Gas in Europe has risen in price by 30% due to the situation with Nord Stream
19:39 05.09.2022 2527
The spot price of gas in Europe is growing by 30%, to almost $2,900/ths. Cube m due to the ongoing shutdown of Nord Stream, Interfax reports today.
The price of the nearest (October) futures on TTF on the ICE Futures exchange rose to $2,855 per thousand cubic meters since the beginning of trading on Monday, while trading closed on Friday at $2,213.
The Nord Stream gas pipeline failed to operate after maintenance. Oil leaks have been identified in Siemens engines, and this fault can only be repaired by a factory repair. Repair of Siemens engines is possible only at a plant in Montreal, and Canada has imposed sanctions on Gazprom.
“Today, Siemens has practically no opportunity to provide regular overhauls of our gas pumping units. Siemens simply has nowhere to carry out these works,” Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Board of Gazprom, said.
OPEC will be headed by a representative of Kuwait from August
At an extraordinary meeting of OPEC, the ministers elected a new secretary general of the organization – from August 1, 2022, Haitham Al-Qais from Kuwait was elected for a period of three years, Interfax reported.
President of Turkmenistan outlined the priorities for the development of the country's gas industry
Last Wednesday, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting in the administrative center of Lebap velayat, at which he heard reports from the heads of the country's fuel and energy complex and defined the tasks of developing the gas industry for the future, the State News Agency of the country reports.
Turkmenistan is one of the three leaders in the supply of gasoline to Uzbekistan
In January-November 2021, Uzbekistan imported 141.2 million liters of motor gasoline from Turkmenistan. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan. Thus, Turkmenistan ranks second in the supply of motor gasoline to the neighboring country.
Over 320 billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas supplied since the start of operation of the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline, – CNPC
Since the opening of the transnational Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline in 2009, over 320 billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas have been exported to the Celestial Empire. General director of the branch of the National Petroleum Corporation of China (CNPC) Chen Huailong stated this, the Watan news program of the Turkmen television reported.
New gas resources discovered in Lebap region of Turkmenistan
In the territories adjacent to the Malay and Nayip gas fields in the Lebap region of Turkmenistan, a new dome was discovered in the lower layers of the Northern Dervush and Malay fields. Chairman of the State Corporation «Turkmengeology» Merdan Rozyev reported this to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at a working meeting in Turkmenabat, the State Television and Radio Broadcasting of Turkmenistan reported.