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Russia's Gazprom admits cutting gas supplies to Europe for short time

Moscow, February 6, 2012, 344 am EST/844 GMT

Russia's gas giant Gazprom had decreased gas supplies to Europe for several days, the company's deputy Andrei Kruglov said Saturday at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a government website said.

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News Features

Iranian Oil Sanctions: Iran's Ghasemi says EU sanctions will lead to 'terrible chaos'

February 6, 2012

Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Ghasemi on Feb 4 reiterated a threat to halt oil exports to "hostile" nations in the EU once winter is over and warned that the loss of Iranian crude oil would cause "terrible chaos" in the market and lead to an uncontrollable rise in oil prices.

Asia LNG Demand: Asia LNG 2011 winter price curve broken on warmer weather

February 1, 2012

Asia's 2011 spot LNG price curve for the peak winter demand season was broken by a combination of warmer weather, early stockpiling of cargoes and cooler than expected summer, according to an in-depth analysis of Platts data.

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Blogs

The Barrel: Not everyone is cheering Australia's LNG boom

Not everyone standing on the sidelines is cheering Australia's play to challenge Qatar as the world's largest LNG producer by the middle of this decade.

The Barrel: The US obsession with energy imports and why Europe doesn't sweat it

In this US election year, nearly every politician campaigning at the federal level, no matter the party, wants to improve "energy independence" and "energy security."

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Commodity Pulse Videos

Renewables revolution: Europe leads the way

January 18, 2012 (13:36 mins)

Renewable energy's share of the generation mix, already substantial in several European countries, is rising fast. Platts discuss the rate of progress for wind, solar and other renewable sources towards the holy grail of 'grid parity'.

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Podcasts

Asia's spot LNG market left cold by mild winter
February 1, 2012 - Looking at how the Asian LNG spot market has been hit by a mild North Asia winter

Key issues impacting European gas markets during 2011
December 5, 2011 - Comprehensive overview of key issues which have faced the European gas markets over the past year.

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Industry Solution Papers Library

A Change of Course for LNG

As as global gas markets try to adapt to a new era of highly volatile oil prices, growing LNG supply and technological innovation, LNG sellers and buyers are going to have to cope with a very different environment (published February 2009).

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