Oil
The German and US authorities have not yet held direct negotiations on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the Handelsblatt newspaper reports, citing a statement from the German Economy Ministry.
As the head of the German-Russian forum Matthias Platzeck said, the economic damage due to Berlin's possible abandonment of the Nord Stream 2 project would be enormous, but the damage to political relations between the countries "cannot be measured at all."
This happened for the first time since January 24, 2020.
Oil transportation is carried out in transit directions and on routes for domestic consumption.
This happened for the first time since February 2020, in the background of the news of a reduction in the supply of Russian and Saudi oil.
As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the widespread statement, the German regulator of the Nord Stream 2 project - the Federal Office of Maritime Shipping and Hydrography of Germany - has extended the permit for pipe-laying work for Nord Stream 2 until May.
According to the Danish newspaper Politiken, the threat of serious US sanctions forced the consulting firm Rambøll to refuse to participate in the last part of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project.
As the KazTransOil company informs, Kazakhstan has resumed oil transit through Russia, oil pumping in the Atyrau-Samara section of the Uzen-Atyrau-Samara main oil pipeline has been fully restored.
This was reported by the adviser to the press secretary of the Russian energy company Transneft, Igor Dyomin.
The prices are affected by optimistic forecasts for supply and demand for fuel.
Ministers of OPEC+ countries meet to determine the level of oil production for February.
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