Since March 4, capacity distribution and confirmation of nominations / renominations for the purpose of export of natural gas from Ukraine has been stopped. “According to the decision of the Crisis Committee approved by order of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine dated February 26 No. 87 “On the introduction of an emergency crisis “Within…
Lithuania has stopped imports of small cargoes of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) via the port of Klaipeda. The decision came into effect on March 3, according to Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys. “Any imports of Russian gas via the LNG terminal have been stopped – there are no more small cargoes,” he said during a…
Lithuania’s energy dependence on Russia is one of the highest among the European countries, as it paid over 3 billion euros for Russian oil, gas and electricity last year. But Lithuania could easily renounce Russian gas and electricity, according to analysts. However, it would be more difficult to do the same with oil because the…
The European Commission asked for European Union member states’ support in connecting Ukraine’s electricity grid to the European grid, the commissioner for energy, Kadri Simson, Estonia’s representative, said. Ukraine decoupled from the Russian grid it had previously been connected to early February 24 morning and shortly before the commencement of the invasion by Russian forces.…
Ukrainian subsidiary of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR (SOCAR Energy Ukraine) is operating as usual. “There are still enough fuel supplies, but there may be disruptions at some gas filling stations. We are doing everything possible to ensure that there is enough fuel for everyone,” the company said. SOCAR’s representative office was opened in Ukraine…
Estonia’s largest natural gas distributor network operator Eesti Gaas is cutting the price of gas for household customers by 8% from March, following the fall in world gas prices. Natural gas prices reached record levels in Estonia from last fall. “We have decided to lower the price of the flexible package for residential customers by…
The Competition Authority (Konkurentsiamet) has approved a 10% price hike for electricity grid distributor Elektrilevi’s connection fee. Elektrilevi has cited a rise in the cost of its transmission service as provided by electricity and gas supplier Elering, as well as a volatile electricity market and a 0.2% rise in the Competition Authority’s own fees. Mihkel…