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A second ship this year with 75,000 tonnes of anthracite for Prydniprovska and Kryvy Rih thermal power plants (TPPs) of DTEK Energo arrived to the Yuzhny port on July 23, the company’s press service has reported.

The European Union sounded the alarm on Saturday (22 July) about moves in the US Congress to step up sanctions on Russia, urging Washington to keep coordinating with its G7 partners and warning of unintended consequences.

OPEC leader Saudi Arabia said on Monday the group would quickly address weak compliance with output cuts by some OPEC states and would monitor rising production from Nigeria and Libya, which have been exempted from the curbs.

Germany is urging the European Union to add up to four more Russian nationals and companies to the bloc's sanctions blacklist over Siemens gas turbines delivered to Moscow-annexed Crimea, two sources in Brussels said.

A German energy company recently announced that it’s partnering with a university to build a massive flow battery in underground salt caverns that are currently used to store natural gas.

The US House of Representatives is expected Tuesday to overwhelmingly approve a number of new sanctions targeting Russia's oil and natural gas sector, including new limitations on US investments in Arctic, deepwater and shale oil projects that are partially staked by Russian firms.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill on energy efficiency for buildings.

Naftogaz Ukrainy from August 1, 2017 will increase the price of gas sold to industrial consumers on a prepayment basis by 2.9% (UAH 212.4), to UAH 7,421 per 1,000 cubic meters (including VAT).

The Secretariat has initiated an assessment of the legal framework and de facto performance of the Ukrainian national regulatory authority, NEURC, upon the regulator’s invitation.

The Trump administration on Thursday announced its first offshore oil and gas lease sale, offering 76 million acres (30 million hectares) in the Gulf of Mexico and reduced royalty rates for shallow-water leases to encourage drilling at a time of low oil prices.

The American shale gas revolution will enjoy a second wind as rapid growth in domestic production sees the US join the world’s club of top gas exporters, a leading energy authority has predicted.

Ukraine has increased gas inventories in underground storage 47.3% since the end of the heating season, according to operational data from Ukrtransgaz.

Operators of gas transport systems of Ukraine and Poland – public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz and Gaz-System – from September 1, 2017 are going to increase transmission capacities towards Ukraine, the press service of Gaz-System has reported.

Ukraine's Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry has announced a tender to select specialists to the reforms promotion team – an analytical center with 20 employees as part of the project approved by the European Union.

The National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) has asked the Secretariat of the Energy Community to conduct an independent analysis of its operations, the press service of the regulator has reported.

Two key House Republicans asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to investigate allegations that Russia interfered in U.S. energy markets by making millions in contributions to environmental groups opposed to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in order to sow domestic discord.

Ukraine's Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry sees no prerequisites for raising the price of gas for the population in the new heating season, the ministry's press service said, with reference to Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Prokopiv.

PJSC Ukrnaftoburinnia, co-owned by Ihor Kolomoisky and Vitaliy Khomutynnyk, in January-June 2017 increased gas production by 64.6% (73 million cubic meters) compared to the same period in 2016, to 186 million cubic meters.

Ukrainian enterprises in June 2017 imported gas at an average price of UAH 5,566 or $213.7 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to the website of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has had a meeting with representatives of USAID, the TAPAS Project and the DiXi Group Think Tank to discuss issues relating to a data audit of the Ministry.