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Daily (06.10.2021): Brent crude at three-year high, WTI at seven-year high on Tuesday as OPEC sticks to output plan
Oil prices continued to rally on Tuesday following OPEC+'s decision to maintain a policy of measured monthly production increases, lifting the international crude benchmark to a three-year high. Hence, Brent crude settled up $1.30, or 1.6%, at $82.56 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil closed up $1.31, or 1.7%, at $78.93 a barrel, hitting its highest level since 2014.
read more... 06/10/2021
Daily (05.10.2021): European electricity prices rocketed on Monday amid low renewables output, surging gas prices
Oil prices prolonged their rally, to hit a three-year high on Monday following OPEC+ decision to stick with its current output policy as demand for petroleum rebounds. Hence, Brent crude soared by $1.98, or 2.5%, to settle at $81.26 a barrel. U.S. WTI crude settled up $1.74, or 2.3%, to $77.62 a barrel.
read more... 05/10/2021
Russia to substitute decline in gas exports to Europe by ‘blue’ hydrogen
The European policy of carbon neutrality will inevitably lead to a decline in direct supplies of Russian natural gas and affect derived revenues by 2050, the department head of Gazprom Export, the export arm of Russia’s top gas producer Gazprom, Sergey Komlev said in an interview with Gazprom’s in-house magazine, adding that Russia can maintain its export positions on the European market using ‘blue hydrogen’ deliveries.
read more... 04/08/2021
REA: ‘More government action is needed if the UK is to achieve its net zero aims’
Although progress has been made in the decarbonisation of UK energy, net zero ambitions risk not being met due to ‘gaps in policy and investment’.
read more... 22/07/2021
EU industry hands Brussels headache over carbon border levy
Brussels policymakers, about to unveil the world's first carbon border levy, are caught between industry demands to twin it with free carbon permits worth billions of euros, and analysts' warnings that doing so could expose the EU to legal challenges at the WTO.
read more... 22/06/2021