EurOil - Europe Oil & Gas

22 March 2023

EU leaders to urge companies to take part in joint gas purchases this week

21 March 2023

Europe’s energy security, hard hit by Russia’s significant reductions in pipeline gas supply to the continent over the last year, has improved, but EU leaders stress the need for preparations to be made for next winter.

Novatek sees profits double in 2022 on higher LNG export revenues from Europe

20 March 2023

Novatek reported a doubling of profits in 2022, Interfax reported on March 16, thanks to a jump in shipments to the highly-priced European market, despite fallout from Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Turkey eyes 40 bcm per year gas exports

20 March 2023

Turkey wants to position itself as a key natural gas exporter on the back of its key Sakarya discovery in the Black Sea, the country’s energy minister, Fatih Donmez, said.

G7 seeks to keep $60-per-barrel cap on Russian oil

20 March 2023

The G7 group intends to keep the current price cap on Russian crude oil at $60 per barrel, as originally set in December last year, despite some calls from some EU member states to lower the price.

Equinor reports eighth discovery near Troll

19 March 2023

Norway’s Equinor has reported its second hydrocarbon discovery off the coast of Norway and its eighth near the giant Troll gas field since 2019.

Bulgaria ready for more Azeri gas, Radev tells Aliyev

15 March 2023

EU member Bulgaria is ready to receive more natural gas from Azerbaijan through the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) and the Interconnector-Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) pipeline, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev told Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan.

UK to prioritise fast gas developments in latest licensing round

14 March 2023

The regulator overseeing UK oil and gas licensing has said it will prioritise the issue of licences for gas projects that can be brought quickly into production, in an effort to ease the country’s energy crisis.

European gas prices spike on March 9 amid cold weather, French strike action and nuclear concerns

14 March 2023

European gas prices spiked on March 9, as a result of colder weather in northern Europe and expectations of further disruptions to LNG imports and nuclear outages.

Harbour sees 2022 profits "wiped out" by UK windfall tax

14 March 2023

UK North Sea player Harbour Energy has said the UK’s windfall tax “wiped out” its profits last year, but it still paid out $1bn in shareholder dividends.

Shell considers Greenpeace challenge a "low risk" to Jackdaw project

14 March 2023

Shell has expressed confidence that a legal challenge by environmental NGO Greenpeace is unlikely to cause disruptions to its plan to develop the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea.