Despite the very recent visit of Iraq’s Deputy Petroleum Minister, Hamid Younes al-Zobai, to Washington to spearhead his country’s latest attempts to inveigle more money out of the U.S., his Ministry continues to award most major oil and gas contracts to Chinese firms. Last week, it signed oil

November normally marks the start of the heating season proper in most of Europe. This year has been no exception—and gas demand is set to surge in the final months of the year to make up for lost solar and likely wind generation. Earlier this year, gas prices in Europe spiked following a

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Russia has said it’s willing to continue supplying gas to Europe via Ukraine if Kyiv and the involved European countries can come to an agreement. "Of course, in my opinion, the European countries that currently receive gas through this corridor are interested in continuing such cooperation," 

Four entities in Central Asia have been added to the US Treasury Department’s sanctions list, accused of providing machine tools and other dual-use equipment to Russia via China in violation of US rules barring trade that can support the Kremlin’s war effort in Ukraine. The four entities, one from