The acquisition of Serbian petrochemical company HIP-Petrohemija LLC Pancevo by Serbia’s Gazprom-owned Naftna Industrija Srbije was approved by the European Commission, the EU’s executive said on Tuesday (20 September).

Czechs want to protect the climate but are worried about the economy as slightly more than half of them (52%) believe the EU Green Deal will harm it.

Four eastern Ukrainian regions under Russian occupation are set to hold rushed referendums to join the Russian Federation amid continued fighting.

European governments outlined new measures this week to cope with potential energy shortages this winter and raced to improve energy networks to share power.

Russia’s supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China exceeded 670,000 tonnes in August, reaching the highest level since October 2020.

Bulgaria’s state gas company, Bulgargaz, is launching three tenders for liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Tuesday (20 September) to avoid winter shortages and ensure long-term energy security.

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Attempts by EU legislators to qualify a wider array of biofuel feedstocks for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will push up emissions compared to the European Commission’s original proposal, a new study has found.

The EU may have a plan to ban all Russian diesel purchases in February, but in the meantime, European buyers are happy to pay more for Russian diesel now than they did back in May, industry sources told Reuters.

Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen and Republican Senator Pat Toomey—two members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee—have implored the Biden Administration to enact secondary sanctions on Russia’s crude oil and crude oil products.