Category: Birol

IEA Says Europe Must Act Now to Avoid Winter 2023 Gas Shortages

OSLO—Europe needs to act now to avoid a natural gas shortage next year given the loss of Russian supply and expectations Chinese demand will increase, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday. The European Union has succeeded in filling storages to 95 percent ahead of this winter, 5 percent or 5 bcm above their…


World Is in Its ‘First Truly Global Energy Crisis’: IEA’s Birol

SINGAPORE—Tightening markets for liquefied natural gas (LNG) worldwide and major oil producers cutting supply have put the world in the middle of “the first truly global energy crisis,” the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. Rising imports of LNG to Europe amid the Ukraine crisis and a potential rebound in Chinese…