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West prepares to impose price caps on Russian petroleum products

31 January 2023

The price caps would work by barring Western insurance and shipping companies from insuring or carrying cargoes of Russian oil products unless they were bought at or below the caps, which will be imposed after February 5.

Russia forges ahead with gas ambitions in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan

26 January 2023

Moscow is driving forward its energy ambitions in Central Asia as it seeks new markets for gas that Europe now shuns.

Italian PM Meloni travels to Algeria to sign landmark gas deal

25 January 2023

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni completed a two-day visit to Algeria on January 24. The visit’s main goal was to consolidate diplomatic and commercial ties and secure a deal for increased gas exports through the TransMed pipeline.

Davos climate change debates hindered by lack of Russian, Chinese delegates

24 January 2023

The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was held in person this year for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme of the meeting was “co-operation in a fragmented world," but Russia and China were a no show.

OPINION: Bulgaria sets itself a tough task with Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline revival

23 January 2023

Bulgaria urgently needs non-Russian crude for its Black Sea refinery, but there are multiple challenges to reviving the Burgas-Alexandroupolis project.