Day: September 7, 2022

China Agrees to Pay for Russian Gas in Roubles and Yuan: Gazprom

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Russia’s energy giant Gazprom says it has signed an agreement with China to start payments for gas supplies to China in yuan and roubles instead of US dollars, in a sign of warming relations between Beijing and Moscow, which is under Western sanctions. “The new payment mechanism is a mutually beneficial, timely, reliable and practical solution,” Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller was quoted as saying in a statement following a video conference meeting with the head of China’s oil group CNPC, Dai Houliang. Miller added that it will “simplify calculations” and…

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Oil Falls as Demand Fears Overtake OPEC Led Rally

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Oil prices sank on Tuesday after a two-day rally as concern returned about weaker demand and the prospect of more interest rate hikes trumped support from Opec+’s first output target cut since 2020. Brent crude was down $3.26, or 3.4 per cent, to $92.48 at 11:27 a.m. EDT (1527 GMT). US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell from Monday’s trading to $86.37, down 50 cents or 0.6pc from Friday’s close. Technical factors, including that the U.S. benchmark has been trading since Sunday without settlement due to the Labor Day holiday, helped…

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Alarming Rs2.7tr Hike in July Debt

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In an alarming development, public debt in July increased by Rs2.7 trillion – at an average of Rs88 billion a day – almost entirely because of the government’s revaluation of external debt due to 17% currency depreciation in a single month. With the fresh addition of Rs2.7 trillion in the month of July, the total debt, that is the direct responsibility of the federal government, has shot up to a new record of Rs50.5 trillion, according to figures released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday. The total…

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Approval of New Refining Policy Linked to Deregulation

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Approval of the much-delayed refining policy has now been linked with deregulation, with a top government official seeking input from local refineries for deregulation, which could also mean uneven POL prices across Pakistan. A top government official said that it was high time to deregulate the whole oil and gas sector, including refineries. The deregulation could be in full or done in phases. The official said that the “irritatingly long delay” in the approval of the new refining policy was a major hurdle in upgrading existing refineries and setting up…

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Higher RE Share in Energy Mix Critical to End Power Crisis’

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Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2030 has focused mainly on adding hydropower into the energy mix at the cost of wind and solar power,” experts said at a consultative session on Utility-scale Renewable Energy Transition in Pakistan, organised by Policy Research Institute for Equitable Development (PRIED). Energy experts said renewables were the only long-term solution to resolve the country’s energy crisis. Samir Ahmed, Principal Consultant and CEO at Energy Future Consulting said renewables were the cheapest solution both in the long and short term. “The only stumbling block in…

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