Gas Industry

Who really owns and finances battery-backed renewables in south-east europe: how storage, capital and control reshaped the region’s power system Read More »

Who really owns and finances battery-backed renewables in south-east europe: how storage, capital and control reshaped the region’s power system

Battery energy storage has not merely complemented renewable energy in South-East Europe; it has fundamentally redefined who owns assets, who finances them, who controls dispatch and who ultimately captures value. Wind turbines and solar panels still dominate the physical landscape, but economically they are no longer the centre of gravity. The decisive asset is storage, […]

Oil storage in Southeast Europe: Strategic capacity, market power, prices, forecasts, Capex/Opex realities and the new competitive landscape Read More »

Oil storage in Southeast Europe: Strategic capacity, market power, prices, forecasts, Capex/Opex realities and the new competitive landscape

Oil storage in Southeast Europe is moving from a background logistical function into one of the most powerful strategic assets shaping the region’s energy markets, trading dynamics, pricing trajectories and industrial competitiveness. As ownership of Russian-linked downstream assets continues to unwind and European, Central European and global players position themselves to take control of refining,

Gas storage: The hidden power lever reshaping Southeast Europe’s energy security, trading dynamics, and industrial pricing Read More »

Gas storage: The hidden power lever reshaping Southeast Europe’s energy security, trading dynamics, and industrial pricing

Gas storage facilities have become one of the most decisive variables in shaping Southeast Europe’s evolving energy reality, and once integrated into the broader transition from Russian-anchored supply to diversified ownership, they fundamentally alter trading dynamics, pricing structures and industrial security. If refineries determine fuel sovereignty and upstream supply defines strategic exposure, then gas storage

Energy market realignment in Southeast Europe: Trading dynamics, price projections, new players and industrial cost impacts as Russian oil and gas footprints retract Read More »

Energy market realignment in Southeast Europe: Trading dynamics, price projections, new players and industrial cost impacts as Russian oil and gas footprints retract

Southeast Europe’s energy markets stand on the brink of a systemic transformation. What was a patchwork of historical supply relationships, infrastructural dependencies and geopolitical leverages is now being reshaped by a confluence of asset sales, sanctions pressures, corporate strategy shifts, and evolving global commodity price dynamics. For traders, industrialists, policymakers and strategic investors, the question

Hungary’s full-spectrum energy ascendancy in Serbia: How MVM, MOL and gas expansion could redefine power, oil and geopolitical balance across Southeast Europe Read More »

Hungary’s full-spectrum energy ascendancy in Serbia: How MVM, MOL and gas expansion could redefine power, oil and geopolitical balance across Southeast Europe

If Southeast Europe once seemed like a fragmented energy landscape defined by dependence, vulnerability and political exposure, Hungary’s accelerating consolidation in Serbia is transforming that picture into something far more structured, strategically coherent and quantitatively powerful. What began as corporate expansion through MVM in electricity operations now aligns closely with MOL’s potential takeover of Serbia’s oil refining core,

How Southeast Europe’s refining map is being redrawn — and why Serbia’s future now depends on Pančevo and MOL Read More »

How Southeast Europe’s refining map is being redrawn — and why Serbia’s future now depends on Pančevo and MOL

The oil refining landscape in Southeast Europe is one of the most strategically sensitive industrial systems in the region, because after electricity and natural gas, refined petroleum products define structural competitiveness, price stability, logistics reality and the broader economic exposure of national markets. Over the past years, refining in the Balkans has increasingly become not

Hungary’s growing energy influence in Serbia: Implications for investors, industrial competitiveness, oil exports and regional power dynamics Read More »

Hungary’s growing energy influence in Serbia: Implications for investors, industrial competitiveness, oil exports and regional power dynamics

Hungary’s expanding dominance in Serbia’s energy system has evolved from a strategic concept into a structural transformation with clear financial, industrial and geopolitical consequences. What makes this development particularly relevant from an investor perspective is that it is not limited to a single segment; it stretches across electricity stability, oil refining sovereignty and potentially natural

Europe: TTF gas rises amid January cold snap as Bulgaria debuts official natural gas price assessments Read More »

Europe: TTF gas rises amid January cold snap as Bulgaria debuts official natural gas price assessments

TTF front-month gas contracts traded near €27.5–28/MWh early in the first week of January 2026, hitting six-week highs on Friday, January 2, as a cold snap increased heating demand across much of Europe. Despite the rise, prices remained well below levels seen in previous years, reflecting an ongoing bear trend supported by ample global supply

Region: SEE sees falling electricity prices in early 2026 amid lower demand and surge in renewables Read More »

Region: SEE sees falling electricity prices in early 2026 amid lower demand and surge in renewables

Electricity prices across the Southeast European (SEE) region fell significantly in Week 01 of 2026 compared to Week 52 of 2025, driven by reduced demand during the New Year holidays and higher wind and solar generation. With the exception of Italy, all markets reported week-on-week price declines, many in the high single-digit to low double-digit

Romania: Romgaz secures extension for Iernut gas power plant, targets completion by end of 2026 Read More »

Romania: Romgaz secures extension for Iernut gas power plant, targets completion by end of 2026

Romanian natural gas producer Romgaz has received another extension to utilize public funding for the long-delayed Iernut combined-cycle gas power plant, following a government decision adopted at the end of 2025. The decision amended the rules of the National Investment Plan, extending the deadline for completing and commissioning funded projects to 31 December 2026, while

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