
EXPLAINER: How could Europe cap gas prices?
The European Union is considering options to cap gas prices, as a growing number of countries pressure Brussels to put a lid on sky-high fuel costs.

The European Union is considering options to cap gas prices, as a growing number of countries pressure Brussels to put a lid on sky-high fuel costs.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday (29 September) it was still too soon to speculate who might have been behind the Nord Stream pipeline ruptures.
The European Union wants a new transaction-based benchmark for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as it says the fall in Russian pipeline gas flows and record high LNG imports have created imbalances in the current pricing mechanism.
The United States announced fresh sanctions Thursday aimed at disrupting the sale of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products.
The United States announced fresh sanctions Thursday on an international network of companies it says are involved in the sale of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products.

A gas conference organised by the French gas association levelled serious criticism at Germany for the energy policy Berlin has championed in the past decade.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Tanzania signed an agreement today on double taxation.
The ability for households to change their energy consumption patterns based on external signals – shows that EU consumers could save more than €71 billion on their electricity bills every year if the technology were implemented to its full potential.
Four days after leaks spewing gas into the Baltic Sea were first spotted, Russia is blaming the incident on state-sponsored “terrorism”.
The energy crisis and soaring energy prices have forced Europe into making a U-turn and burn more coal again in order to keep the lights on.