A group representing the Ukrainian diaspora said on Tuesday it was seeking a judicial review of the Canadian government’s decision to return a repaired turbine to Germany that is needed for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline.

Ukraine has launched missiles against three gas rigs in the Black Sea, according to Russian officials, south of Odessa.

The EuroAsia Interconnector electricity link, connecting Israel, Cyprus and Greece, will help reduce the European Union’s energy dependence on Russia, according to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

Almost four months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian crude oil, Urals, has seen a switch in flow from its traditional market of Europe to Asia, energy intelligence group Rystad Energy has revealed.

Norway’s Equinor and UK’s Centrica have reached an agreement for additional gas supplies to the UK. The supply agreement will provide further energy security for the UK over the coming three winters.

Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has signed a joint letter supporting the objectives of the REPowerEU Plan to phase out Europe’s dependency on fossil fuels faster, calling also for ‘bolder action’ on the accelerated roll-out of renewable energy.

Russia widened its gas cuts to Europe on Tuesday with energy giant Gazprom turning off supplies to top Dutch trader GasTerra escalating the economic battle between Moscow and Brussels.

The European Union leaders have decided to ban almost 90 per cent of Russian oil imports by the end of the year following an agreement on the sixth round of sanctions against Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine.

Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has checked all the required items on the list to exit its joint ventures and projects in Russia as a result of the country’s attack on Ukraine.

Kazakhstan expects to produce 90-93 million tonnes of oil next year, up from 87.5 million tonnes this year, depending on when expansion projects at the giant Tengiz field are completed as they may be slightly delayed, its energy minister said.