The issues of today mirror the oil crisis in the 1970s, when producers in the Middle East stopped exporting crude to the US and its allies
US President Richard Nixon urged citizens to turn down their thermostats and set speed limits of 55 miles per hour to cut demand for oil
President Carter famously spoke directly to the American people in a โfireside chatโ in 1977, wearing a yellow cardigan sweater and asking people to bear a share of the burden to solve the energy problem
His comments are as relevant today as they were back then
European natural gas fell after the US said it will send more LNG
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๐ข White House said it will strive to send additional 15bcm of US LNG to Europe this year (Europe has said it needs 50bcm more LNG to quit Russian gas)
๐ Dutch TTF futures fall 9%
Russia will start demanding payment for its natural gas shipments to states that it deems โunfriendlyโ in rubles, said President Putin
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๐ Europe natural gas futures surge as much as 21%
๐ช๐บ Members of the EU and the UK are considered unfriendly
China aims to boost power capacity by more than 30% through 2025 ๐จ๐ณโก
๐ฎ To put that into context: the 800-gigawatt growth goal is twice the size of Indiaโs entire power fleet (!!)
๐ช China also plans to increase gas output to improve energy security
The ambitious power capacity target comes as China ramps up renewable installations, which operate for fewer hours over the year than traditional thermal plants and therefore require more capacity to generate the same amount of electricity
๐ข๏ธ China aims to lift domestic crude oil output back to 200 million tons a year and keep it at that level. Production fell below that level in 2016 after oil prices crashed
Indiaโs domestic coal prices are surging as buyers scramble to secure fuel ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ชจ
๐ด Customers paid a premium of more than 340% above base prices this month via local auctions (Jan. was just a 100% premium)
๐ Global coal supply crunch sends prices higher
These domestic coal shipments are still way cheaper than the price of importing fuel from the overseas market ๐ฐ
Thermal coal loaded at Australiaโs Newcastle port soared to a record earlier this month as buyers shun Russian shipments and seek alternatives to pricey natural gas
Coal India, the worldโs top producer of the fuel, sells about 15%-20% of its output through an online auction system in which consumers make offers above a minimum set price
Rates paid are typically far higher than the long-term contracts that account for the majority of sales