UK’s largest gas storage site could be reopened within weeks to ease winter crisis August 16, 2022 Centrica could pump natural gas into the UK's largest storage facility in a matter of weeks after it was cleared to reopen by inspectors.
Exclusive: Fracking revival draws mixed response from industry analysts September 5, 2022 The growing possibility of fracking being revived in the UK has drawn a mixed response from energy analysts and think tanks.
Energy giants face EU windfall tax March 22, 2022 Energy giants could be hit with a windfall tax from the EU - with the trading bloc weighing up a temporary levee amid high profits.
BP under pressure to exit Rosneft stake February 24, 2022 BP is facing intensifying pressure to exit its near 20 per cent stake in Kremlin-backed energy group Rosneft.
Europe braces for winter crisis as Gazprom halts flows from Nord Stream pipeline August 31, 2022 Gazprom has halted gas flows into the Nord Stream 1 for the next three days to complete maintenance work on the key pipeline.
Fresh doubts over Nord Stream 2 pipeline as EU put approval process on hold February 1, 2022 Approval for Nord Stream 2 has been put on hold, and the European Commission will scrutinise the project's compliance with EU energy policy.
Saturday Sitdown: Credit Suisse’s global investment boss on the dawn of a new world order March 5, 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine has accentuated geo-political risks, further fueling volatility on financial markets and unsettling investors. These developments mark a clear shift to a new world order, Michael Strobaek, Credit Suisse’s global chief investment officer, told City A.M. in an exclusive interview. “This new world order will make risk management as well as investing [...]
Eurozone inflation breaches forecasts to hit record 10.7 per cent October 31, 2022 Eurozone inflation has surged past expectations to 10.7 per cent this month in a further sign the European Central Bank (ECB) will have to keep heaping misery on businesses and households to tame prices. Prices continued to climb rapidly in all the bloc’s major economies, signalling the effects of the ECB’s pivot from years of [...]
As government debt jumps to fund defence spending, our economy will pay the price March 9, 2022 Sanctions will clearly hit the Russian economy very hard. But economic prospects for the West are not exactly rosy. Twice in the 1970s and again in the early 90s, there were rapid spikes in oil prices; each instance was followed by economic recessions. The deep recession following 2008 was, of course, due to financial causes [...]
We must end our dependency on Russia’s gas and embrace renewable opportunities February 18, 2022 Our energy bills are up by 54 per cent this year. It’s not just gas – the cost of fuel, food, and furniture is ticking up too. The Bank of England now expects inflation to surge past 7 per cent by the end of this year. That’s going to price many of us out of [...]