Shell inks 5-year supply deal with Petrovietnam

AsiaElec - Asia Power
AsianOil - Asia Oil & Gas
GLNG - Global LNG
By Newsbase 9 January 2026
The world’s largest LNG trader Shell has signed a five-year LNG supply agreement with Petrovietnam.
15mn tonnes of LNG from Russias Yamal terminal reached EU ports in 2025 – three quarters more than was exported the previous year and three quarters of Yamal's entire export volume, accounting for 14% of EU's total LNG imports in 2025.

EU remains top buyer of Russian Arctic LNG despite 2027 phase-out pledge

FSUOGM - Former Soviet Union Oil & Gas
By Ben Aris in Berlin 8 January 2026
Russia’s Yamal LNG project continues to earn billions of euros from the EU, with new data revealing that more than three-quarters of the project’s liquefied natural gas exports in 2025 were delivered to EU terminals.
Energy policy has become one of the most strategically important battlegrounds in the EU’s neighbourhood since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Western Balkans need to cut Russian energy ties and speed up EU power market integration, Bruegel says

Energo - CEE/FSU Power
EurOil - Europe Oil & Gas
REM - Renewable Energy
By bne IntelliNews 8 January 2026
Energy policy has become one of the most strategically important battlegrounds in the EU’s neighbourhood since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The US deepened its isolation and dealt the global fight against the Climate Crisis a blow, by pulling the US out of 66 international bodies.

US to quit 66 international bodies in isolationist blow and climate fight set back

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 8 January 2026
President Donald Trump has intensified his administration’s retreat from global cooperation by withdrawing from 66 international organisations, including several key institutions responsible for coordinating global climate action.
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