Following Morgan Lewis’s most recent Evening in Energy, hosted in the firm’s Houston office, Energy Industry co-leader Andrew Gallo spoke with the event’s keynote speaker Steve Almrud.
(Reuters) - Ukraine joined the U.S.-aligned International Energy Agency as an association country on Tuesday, the watchdog said, binding Kyiv closer t.
(Reuters) - Ukraine joined the U.S.-aligned International Energy Agency as an association country on Tuesday, the watchdog said, binding Kyiv closer to the mostly Western countries which oppose Russia s invasion. The Paris-based IEA consists of 31 big energy consuming member countries but not Russia and has a second tier of 11 so-called association states such as China, India and Indonesia. In these particularly challenging times following Russia s unprovoked invasion, we are further strengthening the relationship to support Ukraine s significant reconstruction needs and help it build a new energy future, IEA executive director Fatih Birol said a signing ceremony in Warsaw. Ukraine has an important energy security role in Europe and beyond, he added. Ukraine has remained a major transit route for Russian gas to Europe even after Moscow s invasion. Founded around the time of the Arab oil embargo as a bulwark against energy shocks and forum to share information on supply, the IEA now see