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Romanian MPs advised to remove a number of restrictive measures introduced by the government last year, which reversed the liberalisation of the gas market. If approved, the latest amendments may help to renew investors’ appetite to return in the Romanian upstream sector, although traders agree that in the short term the market may face turmoil particularly ahead of the upcoming winter. To add to the uncertainty, it is yet unknown whether Romania could secure more interconnection capacity as the gas grid operator Transgaz appears reluctant to sign critical agreements with neighbouring Ukraine. Aura Sabadus discusses the implications of the latest developments in the market.

LONDON (ICIS)--ICIS energy market expert Julie Fisher talks to journalists about the stories behind their stories. Episode 12 discusses how we cover macroeconomic developments in a way that is relevant to our audience, with market reporters Chetan Patel and Roy Manuell.

LONDON (ICIS)—Italy is likely to hold a general election soon, after deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini pulled the plug on the government. This could have an impact on the submission of Italy’s energy and climate plan to the EU Commission, as well as previous plans to subsidise more expensive renewable technologies. Market experts Marta Del Buono and Tasmin Chowdhary discuss the outlook.

Production from the giant Groningen gas field in the Netherlands is rapidly declining, and ICIS analysis indicates that overall production for the gas year will be considerably lower than the government’s 19.4bcm production cap. Market reporters Daniel Stemler and Patrick Sykes discuss the reasons for the decline, and the outlook.

The Greek gas market was one of Europe’s last to liberalise, but is catching up fast, as a growing list of LNG and pipeline projects promise to turn the country into a regional hub. Market reporters Chetan Patel and Patrick Sykes discuss the latest developments and outlook for the years ahead.

Russia’s Gazprom will start supplying piped gas to China via the Power of Siberia for the first time this December. Gazprom and CNPC are negotiating additional volumes on this pipeline but also on the planned Altai route. LNG analyst Tom Marzec-Manser and market reporter Diane Pallardy discuss how East-Asian LNG prices, Central Asian piped gas and European benchmarks are likely to influence the price negotiations for the Altai pipe.

ICIS energy news editor Miriam Siers talks to journalists about the stories behind their stories. Episode 11 discusses the challenges of finding stories and building sources in opaque energy markets, with Dr Aura Sabadus.

Tensions between Iran and the West continue to simmer in the Middle East, threatening to block a major oil artery, the Strait of Hormuz. Oil market experts Julien Mathonniere and Richard Price discuss the possible repercussions for the global oil market.

Italy is poised to implement legislation to subsidise up to 8GW of new renewable capacity in the years 2021. This, along new cross-border capacity with France and Montenegro in 2020 is already having an impact on the Italian power market. Market reporters Tasmin Chowdhary and Marta Del Buono discuss the details of the decree and the effects of the new capacity on long-term contracts.

Japan is the world’s biggest importer of LNG but demand has fallen recently after a strong increase following the 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima that took the country’s nuclear fleet offline. Nuclear capacity has been gradually returning, but new regulations now threaten to derail that progress, potentially boosting gas’s place in the power mix once again. Senior market reporters Joachim Moxon and Patrick Sykes discuss the outlook.