The government approved the country’s Energy Contingency Plan on Tuesday to reduce energy consumption for the winter and protect vulnerable consumers under EU energy solidarity commitments.

Deliveries of Russian gas to Europe in transit through Ukraine on October 12 remained the same at 42.4 mln cubic meters through the Sudzha gas distribution station, follows from the data on the website of the GTS (Gas Transmission System) Operator of Ukraine.

To decrease reliance on expensive imported fuels for electricity production, the Thar Energy Limited (TEL) power plant, under CPEC Block II completed by Hubco company in the district of Tharparkar, has been made operational and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto on October 10.

…The committee also urged the government to “co-ordinate a national drive to improve the energy efficiency of our homes”….

Japan will decide what to do about the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia’s Far East in consultation with its partners as it reviews details of a decree by Moscow, Japanese industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Tuesday.

Deliveries of Russian gas to Europe in transit through Ukraine on October 11 remained the same at 42.4 mln cubic meters through the Sudzha gas distribution station, follows from the data on the website of the GTS (Gas Transmission System) Operator of Ukraine.

Dr. Thomas O’Donnell is an American energy and geopolitics expert, based for the last decade in Berlin.

LNG carrier rates hit an all-time high on Tuesday, driven by growing prompt demand for gas in Europe as the continent tries to procure supply ahead of the winter.

Romanian power grid operator Transelectrica will benefit from energy investments worth more than €420 million funded by the EU’s Modernisation Fund.

Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death three men who refused to have their tribe evicted from its homeland to make way for the Neom smart city project, a rights group has reported.