News about Gas
It refers to the 2013 intergovernmental agreement under which Russia indefinitely canceled export duties on supplies of natural gas, oil products and rough diamonds to Armenia. The letter says that Moscow may suspend the document or denounce it unilaterally if Yerevan continues its course of integration with the EU.
The physical and cyber security of critical energy infrastructure was analyzed at a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) held today by President Maia Sandu. The meeting took place in the context of increased risks caused by the situation in the region.
The Cricova winery ended 2025 under pressure from rising costs: production costs increased, profitability declined, and sales growth failed to keep pace with higher production costs.
According to the latest European Union statistics, the price of natural gas for household consumers in Moldova does not exceed the EU average. In 2025, the highest natural gas prices for households were recorded in Sweden (€0.2092 per kWh), the Netherlands (€0.1719) and Italy (€0.1481). The cheapest gas was in Hungary (€0.0340 per kWh), Croatia (€0.0543) and Romania (€0.0566).
The German government began the process of selling Uniper on May 19, inviting potential bidders in a deal that could be one of the biggest in Europe this year. The move is designed to put an end to the government’s €13.5 billion rescue plan for the energy group.
“Gas will be supplied to Georgia at a social tariff for the next 20 years, and for this, of course, special thanks should be expressed to the Azerbaijani side,” Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said at a briefing at the government administration.
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Energy has backed the construction of a new $13 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in the US.
Natural gas prices in Europe posted moderate gains on Thursday amid expectations of new signals from international politics and talks between the U.S. and China.
Energy group Eni is in talks with international investment funds to raise more than €1 billion for floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. The deal reflects Europe’s desire to strengthen energy security and diversify gas supplies after reducing dependence on Russian fuel.
European oil and gas companies have benefited from rising energy prices. Shell on Thursday reported a 24% rise in first-quarter profit. BP also reported higher profits, while France’s TotalEnergies said its net profit jumped 51% to $5.8 billion.
Russia’s federal budget deficit in January-April 2026 amounted to 5.877 trillion rubles (about 60.3 billion euros). This figure was twice as high as in the same period last year and was more than a third higher than the plan for the whole of 2026.
Energy Minister Dorin Jungietu made a working visit to the oil field in Valeni (Cahul district) to assess the state of the existing infrastructure and prospects for the development of hydrocarbon resources extraction in Moldova.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said the medium-term outlook for the natural gas industry is likely to last longer than previously thought. The conflict with Iran has already led to a loss of about 120 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas between 2026 and 2030, Gergely Molnar, an IEA expert, said Thursday.
The law on the creation of the Convergence Fund was published and entered into force on May 7. Thus, the process of gradual abolition of tax exemptions that have been in effect so far for Transnistrian enterprises was launched.
Parliament appointed Daniel Mititela as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) for a six-year term. The candidacy was supported by 52 MPs of the majority faction of PAS. The official decision was made on May 7, the mandate will take effect on May 11, 2026.
Turkey will play a key role in gas supplies to Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans this summer, strengthening its position as a regional logistics center. The country is increasingly importing gas and LNG amid ambitions to become a gas hub. And it seems to be succeeding against the backdrop of anti-Russian sanctions and the energy crisis.
Ukraine is preparing for a new stage of increasing natural gas imports from Poland. A corresponding joint project has already been agreed upon by regulators of both countries.
Work has begun on laying pipelines for Romania’s Neptun Deep gas project in the Black Sea, one of the European Union’s largest energy fields with estimated reserves of 100 billion cubic meters of recoverable gas.
European Union countries’ oil and gas import costs rose sharply in March-April 2026, exceeding an additional €30 billion, European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen told a briefing in Brussels.
Global exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fell in April to their lowest level in almost two years. This was the result of the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the war in the Middle East. Nevertheless, the lost Qatari volumes are quickly being replaced by other producers: for example, from the US and Canada.
