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Continent still exposed to supply disruptions despite cutting Russian gas reliance, says Markus Krebber

A potential A$80bn ($52bn) merger of two of Australia’s largest oil and gas companies to create a national champion in liquefied natural gas reflects a harsh reality in the sector: without global scale, it is hard to remain relevant. Woodside Energy and Santos said on Thursday they had opened talks over a potential deal. If completed, it would consolidate nearly all of Australia’s LNG sector into a single entity.

Container shipowners increasingly abandoned one of the world's busiest trading routes on Tuesday, with many of the world's largest cargo vessels diverting to avoid the Red Sea amid mounting attacks from Iranian-backed rebels in the region.

Warning comes as Nordic and Baltic countries seek total ban on imports of the fuel from Moscow

Wilhelmshaven has long been a strategic port for Germany, initially a stronghold for 14th-century pirates and later a major trade and naval base.

Growing demand forces shipowners to turn to China despite its limited experience building complex containers

Shell is alleging US liquefied natural gas provider Venture Global “wrongfully earned” $3.5bn by failing to deliver shipments to European customers...