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Europe Faces Gas Storage Scramble as Iran Conflict Tightens Supply

By Nora Buli Europe’s gas storage at 5-year low Refilling will require extra 180 LNG cargoes y/y Iran conflict cuts supply, lift prices European benchmark gas at highest since early 2023 OSLO, March 5 (Reuters) – Europe’s already huge task of refilling gas storage for next winter has suddenly become far riskier and far more …

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Putin Suggests Russia Could Stop Supplying Gas to European Markets Now

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Wednesday that Russia could stop supplying gas to European markets now and move to more promising markets. The European Commission will submit a legal proposal to permanently ban Russian oil imports on April 15, three days after Hungary’s parliamentary election, according to EU officials and a document …

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Qatar Shuts Gas Liquefaction, Will Take Weeks to Restart, Sources Say

(Reuters) – Qatar will fully shut down gas liquefaction on Wednesday and won’t be able to return to normal production and export levels of super-chilled gas for at least a month, two sources familiar with the matter said. Qatar Energy, which stopped producing gas this week and declared force majeure on exports on Wednesday, did …

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Gas Giant QatarEnergy Throttles LNG Supply by Declaring Force Majeure

(Reuters) – QatarEnergy has declared force majeure on shipments of liquefied natural gas, it said in a statement on Wednesday, after attacks on its production facilities amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The state-owned company said on Monday it was halting production of LNG and associated products due to attacks on facilities in the Ras …

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Oil Seen Elevated as Hormuz Risks Intensify Amid Iran Conflict, Analysts Say

(Reuters) – Oil prices are expected to remain elevated in the near term as traders weigh the risk of supply disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for more than 20% of global oil supply, amid the widening Middle East conflict. Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iranian targets have led to attacks across the …

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Iran Intelligence Operatives Signalled Openness to Talks With CIA to End War, NYT Reports

(Reuters) – Operatives from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence signalled openness to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to talks on ending the war, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing officials briefed on the matter. The offer was made through an unnamed country’s spy agency, the NYT said, citing Middle Eastern officials and officials …

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Canadian East Coast Bay du Nord Oil Project Hits Key Milestone as Newfoundland and Labrador, Equinor Sign Agreement

A proposed deepwater oil project off the Canadian east coast reached a key milestone Tuesday as the Newfoundland and Labrador government signed an agreement with Equinor on how to divvy up the development’s anticipated rewards. Premier Tony Wakeham received several standing ovations as he unveiled the benefits agreement for the Bay du Nord project at …

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Venezuela’s Oil Exports Fell 6.5% in February With Loss of Chinese Market, Data Shows

(Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports fell 6.5% in February from a month earlier to some 737,000 barrels per day as more shipments to the United States and Europe could not fully offset the loss of what used to be the OPEC country’s main market, China, according to vessel monitoring data and documents from state company …

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Charted: Oil Trade Through the Strait of Hormuz by Country – Visual Capitalist

By Niccolo Conte | Graphics/Design: Anna Diederichs Key Takeaways China receives 37.7% of all oil exports that pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the most of any country. Asian countries are most affected by a closure of the strait, receiving 89.2% of the Strait’s crude oil and condensate flows. The Strait of Hormuz is one …

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Iraq Reduces Oil Output, More Cuts to Come if Hormuz Disruptions Persist, Iraqi Oil Officials Say

(Reuters) – Iraq has cut oil production by nearly 1.5 million barrels a day and those cuts could widen to more than 3 million bpd within days as the country runs out of storage and cannot export crude due to the Iran crisis, two Iraqi oil officials told Reuters on Tuesday. As of Tuesday, Iraq …

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