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Derek Chollet, a senior State Department policy adviser, is in Kyiv this week along with a German counterpart to inform Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the agreement’s details. Mr. Chollet is scheduled for a similar trip to Poland, which has vehemently opposed the pipeline. Word of the deal has rankled Ukrainian officials, who view the existing pipeline network in their country as a rare point of leverage against Russia in the two countries’ seven-year-old conflict. Last week, Mr. Putin delivered another in a series of polemics challenging Ukrainian sovereignty. Rendering the existing pipeline superfluous could offer Russia a freer military hand on Ukrainian territory, Ukraine advocates fear. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that Mr. Biden told Ms. Merkel last week “that we have ongoing concerns about how the project threatens European energy security, undermines Ukraine’s security and the security of our…allies and partners.” Ms. Psaki said Mr. Biden directed staffers to work jointly with German counterparts to complete an agreement. An announcement of the deal was delayed to avoid eclipsing Ms. Merkel’s farewell visit to the White House, according to officials close to the negotiations. Ms. Merkel has made the completion of the pipeline, which could occur later this year, a signal achievement marking the close of her political career, people familiar with her thinking said. —Catherine Lucey and William Mauldin in Washington contributed to this article.

U.S.-German Deal on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Expected Soon

July 20, 2021 Stu Turley

The U.S. and Germany have reached an agreement allowing the completion of a controversial Russian natural-gas pipeline, according to officials from Berlin and Washington, who expect to announce the deal as soon as Wednesday, bringing an […]

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German Offshore Wind Grinds to a Standstill in 2021

July 16, 2021 Stu Turley

Germany will not install a single offshore wind turbine in 2021, marking no expansion in offshore wind capacity in a calendar year for the first time in more than ten years, the country’s wind organizations […]

Russia has a strangle hold again and Energy Inflation Gathers Pace as EU Gas, Power Surge to Records

July 2, 2021 Stu Turley

Energy News Beat Publishers Note (ENB): Russia has held Europe hostage in the past and is doing it again with the Nordstream 1 down, and Nordstream 2 just starting operation. Politics sometimes just makes you […]

1st leg of Nord Stream 2 pipeline to supply gas in 10 days

June 14, 2021 Andy Del Prado

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the completion of the first leg of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Moscow and Berlin, which is expected to supply gas within 10 days. “I am happy to announce that today, two and […]

Putin Says That First Line Of Nord Stream 2 Is Now Complete -Tanks a lot

June 5, 2021 Stu Turley

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that laying the pipes for the first of two lines of the prospective Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany has now been “successfully completed.” Addressing an economic forum in […]

Merkel Sends Team to U.S. to Discuss Nord Stream, Funke Says

May 31, 2021 Stu Turley

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is sending a high-ranking negotiating team to Washington this week to discuss the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, Funke media group reported. The delegation, led by the chancellor’s foreign policy […]

Natural Gas Replacing Nuclear, Despite What Cuomo and Others Say

May 25, 2021 Stu Turley

Belgium is the latest country to announce it will replace its shuttered nuclear plants with natural gas generation. The country has seven nuclear plants that will be retired by 2025 and has put in place a system of […]

Iran Readies Export Hike Amid Optimism in Vienna

May 20, 2021 Stu Turley

Iran is preparing to hike its oil exports to “maximum capacity” in the coming months, according to two Iranian oil sources. The move comes amid indications that negotiations between Washington and Iran in Vienna could […]

We Called It – Biden under fire from Congress for waiving sanctions on Russian gas pipeline company

May 20, 2021 Stu Turley

Energy News Beat Publishers Note (ENB): We have been following the Nord Stream 2 pipeline political problems for well over a year. This Monday on the Energy News Beat Podcast we covered the political items […]

Global Forecast (5-17-2021) – Key Dates from Global Monitor

May 17, 2021 Stu Turley

From: Global Forcast Key Dates May 16 – China industrial production data for April. Data for both industrial production and retail sales are expected to reflect a robust ongoing recovery in the Chinese economy, coming in […]