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French financial newspaper Les Echos said that global markets are nervous in anticipation of Russia’s response to the new European sanctions. The EU embargo on purchase of Russian oil was imposed in early December, as well as a price cap for these purchases.

After recent evaluation work, Turkey increased its estimate of natural gas reserves in the Black Sea by almost a third, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced.

As it is expected, the current winter season poses little risk for European countries due to gas storage in the region being 90% full. However, next winter might turn out to be a difficult period.

Russian oil pipeline operator “Transneft” confirmed that Ukraine would raise transit fees through the main Druzhba pipeline across its territory by 18.3% from the beginning of the next year.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday amid market concerns over adverse weather conditions in the U.S. This may have a negative impact on the supply chain, as well as on the production of petroleum products and shale oil.

The experience of the Great Recession can be useful now, as there is a need to actively accumulate silver during the crisis period to receive a high income in its realization after the end of the recession.

Gold becomes expensive, and now its price reaches $1800 per ounce. Such a situation has developed due to the removal of anti-COVID restrictions in China.

Chief investment officer of Swiss Asia Capital Juerg Kiener forecasts the rise in gold prices to $4,000 per ounce in the following year. Such a surge is expected due to continued market volatility.

Japan's main oil and gas corporation, Inpex Corp., has signed a deal to purchase 1 million tons per year from Venture Global LNG's CP2 project in Louisiana for 20 years. Construction of CP2 is scheduled to begin in the coming year.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, voiced his new forecast for oil and gas prices in 2023. According to a recent post published on his Telegram channel on Monday, oil prices might rise to a level of $150 per barrel.