"After consultation with allies and partners, the President will announce the largest release of oil reserves in history, putting one million additional barrels on the market in 24 hours on average – every day – for the next six months," the White House says this morning
Putin: if unfriendly countries do not pay in rubles from April 1, we will consider this a violation of gas contracts, so the existing contracts will be stopped
Putin said that he signed a decree on a new procedure for paying for Russian gas with "unfriendly countries in rubles" - accounts in Russian banks must be opened, the order will come into force on April 1
Putin tells Scholz gas payments can continue in euros: Berlin
Blinken is in Algeria today, first visit by US Secretary of State in 4 years, to discuss gas production and pipelines to Spain & Italy
EU officials raided the offices of Gazprom's German units as part of a probe into the Russian gas giant's role in pushing prices up in the continent, sources say
Against the background of the Russian war against Ukraine, the German government is preparing for a significant deterioration in gas supplies. Federal Minister of Economics Habeck therefore called the early warning level of the gas emergency plan
Oil depot was destroyed in Russian missile strike in Khmelnitsky region - authorities
The Kremlin: Foreign companies will pay for gas in rubles during wartime
Ambassador Carlos Vecchio: "Interim President Guaidó believes that a negotiated solution to the crisis is urgent and necessary. Any possibility of lifting the sanctions must be linked to concrete and irreversible steps towards the democratization of Venezuela"
Ambassador Carlos Vecchio: As ambassador of the interim government of President Juan Guaidó in the US, I must categorically reject the abandonment of the struggle of Venezuelans to favor the private economic interests of US companies
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine: Ukraine demands from UNSC to impose demilitarisation zone at Chornobyl NPP, deploy UN special mission there to avoid another Chornobyl nuclear disaster
Moscow: Russian cruise missiles destroyed a fuel depot near the city of Lviv
2 year agoHuge explosion reported at Exxon refinery in Lockwood Montana. Exxon official says no reports of injuries
2 year agoMONTANA BILLINGS. report of a large explosion has taken place at the Exxon refinery. No injuries have been reported at this time as the fire continues to burn
2 year agoHuge explosion reported at Exxon refinery in Lockwood Montana. Exxon official says no reports of injuries
The Atomic Energy Agency: We are monitoring developments after the Russian forces took control of the city of Slavutych, the residence of the Chernobyl plant employees
Saudi-led coalition carried airstrikes in the port city of Hodeida after series of Houthis missile strikes that hit energy facilities in Saudi Arabia
Blackout in Sviatoshinsky district of Kyiv after shelling damaged power lines
German Foreign Ministry: We strongly condemn the attacks on civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
The Federal Minister of Economics wants to make Germany independent of Russian energy supplies as quickly as possible. But he urgently warns of the dangers that Ukraine war means for local supplies
German Chancellor: We will break free from dependence on Russian gas sooner than many think
2 year agoPGNiG: Paweł Majewski, the company's CEO, resigned
Chevron's oil production venture in Kazakhstan — which operates the country's largest field — is curbing output due to issues at a supply link on the Black Sea
2 year agoHouthi missile hits Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Biden: We do not want Putin to be able to strengthen his forces and finance his war, so we announced a ban on energy imports from Russia
2 year agoRussian cyber actors targeted US and international ICS/SCADA and energy facilities, attempting to cause damage to systems and supply chains. Today, @FBI & @DoJ announced criminal charges against four MCAs, most from FSB Center 16, for targeting civilian critical infrastructure
Indictment by @TheJusticeDept of Russian gov actors' (from MoD Research Institute and FSB) work over the years to compromise global energy infrastructure. The efforts to compromise safety systems of oil refineries in Saudi and US are disturbing
New alert from @CISAgov, @FBI, and @ENERGY: It documents historical cyber activity of Russian state-sponsored cyber operations. and assesses that there is an ongoing threat to the U.S. energy sector
Libya's National Oil Corporation: We can increase production to overcome the world's energy crisis
